Jaw opening movement during food intake in elderly people

本文研究了老年人进食时的下颌张开运动，其特征是进行一个粗糙的张开运动。随着咬合支持的丧失和活动义齿的戴用，根据食物大小调节开口量的功能逐渐变干。与整个身体的运动一样，人们认为即使在口腔区域，适应能力也会随着年龄的增长而丧失。此外，牙齿脱落和戴假牙，这是类似的进一步发生。

Jaw opening movement during food intake was investigated in elderly people.It was characterized by performing a coarse opening movement. With the loss of occlusal supports and wearing removable dentures, function of adjusting the opening amount according to the size of the food was drying. As with the movement of whole body, it was considered that accommodation ability is lost with age even in the oral area. Also by tooth loss and wearing dentures, it is similar to happen further.