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SUBMITTER: Vaccaro G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6484017 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vaccaro Gustavo G Peláez José Ignacio JI Gil-Montoya José Antonio JA
Scientific reports 20190425 1
The aim of this study is to assess the influence of regular consumption of chewing-gums on the Masticatory Performance (MP); and to determine if increasing the consumption improves the MP of non-regular consumers. We recorded the chewing-gums consumption rate (CGC) and measured the MP of 265 participants (µ = 47.09, σ = 22.49 years) using the Variance of the Histogram of the Hue (VhH) image processing method. Then, participants were instructed to increase the consumption, and the MP was measured ...[more]