Development of a handy functional oral examination for dementia elderly people

为了建立一种简便易行的老年痴呆患者口腔功能检查方法，定量评价了吸吮棒棒糖的功能，并研究了吸吮棒棒糖与其他口腔功能的关系。结果显示，吮吸糖的功能与口腔发音（重复音节/pa/、/ta/和/ka/的速度）、舌压、脸颊压和唾液量没有很强的相关性。许多认知功能低下的老年人可以接受新的检查。吮吸糖果的功能与他们的食物配置有关。最后，我们认为这项检查对评估痴呆患者的口腔功能是有效的。

To develop a handy method of functional oral examination for dementia elderly, the function of sucking a lollipop candy was evaluated quantitatively and its relation to other oral functions were studied. The results showed the sucking candy function didn't correlate strongly with oral diadochokinesis (the speed of repeating the syllables /pa/, /ta/, and /ka/), tongue pressure, cheek pressure, the amount of saliva. Many elderly people who have low cognitive function could comply with the new examination. The candy sucking function was associated with their food configuration. Finally, it was suggested that the examination is effective for evaluating oral function in people with dementia.