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Abstract
Objective: The aim of the study was to measure electromyographic (EMG) parameters of masticatory muscle activity and evaluate bolus properties using an agar chewing test in emotional eaters.
Methods: Untrained participants (83 women and 46 men, mean age 32.4 ± 8.1 years) were categorised as control and emotional eaters using scores on the emotional scale of the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQEmo). EMG parameters of chewing rhythm, salivation and bolus fragmentation parameters and sensory perception were determined in chewing tests with agar gel.
Results: Emotional eaters chewed agar gel with 13% fewer chewing cycles in comparison to controls. Amplitude characteristics of the masseter and suprahyoid muscles did not differ between the groups. However, the EMG signals of the temporal muscle of emotional eaters had lower mean and area amplitudes than those in controls. The bolus saliva content was 12% lower in the emotional eating group compared to the control group, whilst the saliva incorporation rate did not differ. The fraction of bolus particles less than 1.6 mm after chewing agar gel was lower by 11% in emotional eaters than in controls. Sensory analysis demonstrated that participants in both groups similarly rated overall liking and intensity of aroma, taste and texture properties of agar gel. According to sensory analysis, participants in both groups rated overall liking and intensity of aroma, taste and texture properties of agar gel similarly.
Conclusion: People with negative emotional eating showed decreased masticatory activity and masticatory efficiency whilst chewing agar gel.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation aims to be the most prestigious journal of dental research within all aspects of oral rehabilitation and applied oral physiology. It covers all diagnostic and clinical management aspects necessary to re-establish a subjective and objective harmonious oral function.
Oral rehabilitation may become necessary as a result of developmental or acquired disturbances in the orofacial region, orofacial traumas, or a variety of dental and oral diseases (primarily dental caries and periodontal diseases) and orofacial pain conditions. As such, oral rehabilitation in the twenty-first century is a matter of skilful diagnosis and minimal, appropriate intervention, the nature of which is intimately linked to a profound knowledge of oral physiology, oral biology, and dental and oral pathology.
The scientific content of the journal therefore strives to reflect the best of evidence-based clinical dentistry. Modern clinical management should be based on solid scientific evidence gathered about diagnostic procedures and the properties and efficacy of the chosen intervention (e.g. material science, biological, toxicological, pharmacological or psychological aspects). The content of the journal also reflects documentation of the possible side-effects of rehabilitation, and includes prognostic perspectives of the treatment modalities chosen.