The time dental and nutrition meet

Abstract

In recent years, sarcopenia prevention and flail prevention are regarded as important. As a way to achieve healthy longevity, dental care that incorporates a nutritional perspective is necessary. On the other hand, dentistry has not incorporated the viewpoint of masticatory disorders due to motor disorders in the diagnosis of masticatory disorders. Aging and diseases that develop with aging cause sarcopenia throughout the body and disturbance of the motor control system, affecting the masticatory function. Whether or not motor disorders are involved in the cause of masticatory disorders can be evaluated by tongue pressure or diadochokinesis. If motor disorders are involved, an approach to motor disorders is essential. At that time, the necessary outcome is nutrition, and the intervention content is nutrition guidance in addition to functional training.