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Effect of fracture properties of gels on tongue pressure during different phases of squeezing and swallowing
Author(s) -
Murakami Kazuhiro,
Tokuda Yoshitsugu,
Hori Kazuhiro,
Minagi Yoshitomo,
Uehara Fumiko,
Okawa Jumpei,
Ishihara Sayaka,
Nakauma Makoto,
Funami Takahiro,
Maeda Yoshinobu,
Ikebe Kazunori,
Ono Takahiro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of texture studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1745-4603
pISSN - 0022-4901
DOI - 10.1111/jtxs.12593
Subject(s) - swallowing , tongue , mastication , fracture (geology) , materials science , orthodontics , strain (injury) , phase (matter) , dentistry , medicine , composite material , anatomy , chemistry , pathology , organic chemistry
To provide appropriate foods for elderly people with eating difficulties, it is necessary to take account of the ability of compensatory mastication such as tongue squeezing. However, the biomechanics of tongue squeezing is still unclear. The aim of present study is to investigate the effect of the initial mechanical properties of gels on the change in tongue pressure production during squeezing and swallowing. As test sample, nine kinds of gels with three fracture force and three fracture strain were prepared. Tongue pressure during squeezing and swallowing gels was measured by using an ultra‐thin tongue pressure sensor with five measuring points attached on the hard palate in seven healthy participants, and analyzed at four phases; Initial squeeze, Middle squeeze, Last squeeze, and Swallowing. The maximal magnitude of tongue pressure was increased for gels with higher fracture force at most measuring points and was decreased for gels with higher fracture strain at some measuring points on the median line during Initial and Middle squeezing. However, no influence by fracture force and strain was found in magnitude during Last squeezing and Swallowing. The duration of tongue pressure increased for gels with higher force at most measuring points during Middle squeezing, although no influence by strain was found during each phase. The results clearly show how the initial fracture properties of gels influence on tongue pressure production during each phase of food oral processing, which clarified one aspect of squeezing with tongue, as the compensatory mastication.