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Chewing Gum May Alleviate Degree of Thirst in Patients on Hemodialysis

Medicina, 2023
Background and Objectives: Fluid restriction commonly causes dry mouth in patients on hemodialysis (HD). The observed effects of chewing gum on the amount of saliva, interdialytic weight gain (IDWG), and degree of thirst in patients on HD have been ...
Yi-Qi Chen, Chia-Liang Wang, Ai-Hua Chiu, Ming-Chen Yeh, Tsay-I Chiang   +4 more
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A concise review of chewing gum as an anti-cariogenic agent

Frontiers in Oral Health, 2023
Chewing gum has been endorsed as a caries preventive agent by the FDI World Dental Federation, the American Dental Association, and the European Food Safety Authority.
Clara Yan-Yu Yeung, Chun-Hung Chu, Ollie Yiru Yu   +2 more
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Coordinated features in jaw and neck muscle activities induced by chewing of soft and hard gum in healthy subjects

Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, 2021
Backgrounds Jaw and neck muscles may be activated by chewing load using a hard food. However, it remains unclear how effects the gum hardness to the coordinated features in jaw and neck muscle activities during chewing performance.
Tomohiro Ishii, Noriyuki Narita, Hiroshi Endo, Masanobu Wakami, Masakazu Okubo, Takeshi Uchida, Ikuo Kantake, Koh Shibutani   +7 more
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Effects of Chewing Training on Orofacial and Cognitive Function in Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review

Cosmetics, 2020
Background: There is some evidence showing significant correlations between acute chewing gum and orofacial function, and between acute chewing gum and cognitive function; however, as far as we are aware, little is known about the chronic effects of ...
Ricardo B. Viana, Wellington F. da Silva, Claudio A.B. de Lira   +2 more
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Gum chewing inhibits the sensory processing and the propagation of stress-related information in a brain network. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Stress is prevalent in human life and threatens both physical and mental health; stress coping is thus of adaptive value for individual's survival and well-being.
Hongbo Yu, Xi Chen, Jinting Liu, Xiaolin Zhou   +3 more
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Evidence against memorial facilitation and context-dependent memory effects through the chewing of gum [PDF]

, 2007
The experiment examined the prediction that chewing gum at learning and/or recall facilitated subsequent word recall. Chewing gum at learning significantly impaired recall, indicating that the chewing of gum has a detrimental impact upon initial word ...
Andrew J. Johnson, Baker, Christopher Miles, Godden, Goodwin, Miles, Morrison, Scholey, Stephens, Tucha, Wilkinson   +10 more
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Chewing gum moderates multi-task induced shifts in stress, mood, and alertness: A re-examination [PDF]

, 2011
The finding that chewing gum can moderate stress and mood changes following a multi-task cognitive stressor (Scholey, Haskell, Robertson, Kennedy, Milne, and Wetherell, 2009) was re-examined.
Andrew J. Johnson, Baker, Bond, Christopher Miles, Fang, Hucklebridge, Johnson, Johnson, Kennedy, Kudielka, Martin Cox, Michael Albert, Morinushi, Norrish, Onozuka, Poulton, Rebecca Jenks, Scholey, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Speilberger, Stephens, Tahara, Torney, Tucha, Wetherell, Wetherell, Wilkinson   +29 more
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The cleaning effect of sugar-free chewing gum on occlusal surfaces

Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry, 2012
Introduction: Sugar-free chewing gum has the potential to provide oral health benefits including plaque control. This study benefit to develop and validate an occlusal site-specific plaque index.
Harpreet Kaur Sindhu, Sri Wendari Hartono, Endang Sukartini   +2 more
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Effectiveness of Improved Use of Chewing Gum During Capsule Endoscopy in Decreasing Gastric Transit Time: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background/Aim: Chewing gum throughout small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) increases completion rates (CRs) but decreases small bowel transit time (SBTT) and diagnostic yield (DY).
Liang Huang, Yue Hu, Fang Chen, Shan Liu, Bin Lu   +4 more
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Chewing gum modifies state-anxiety and alertness under conditions of social stress [PDF]

, 2011
Objectives: The finding that chewing gum can moderate state-anxiety under conditions of acute stress¹ has proved difficult to replicate.2,4 The present study examines the extent to which chewing gum can moderate state-anxiety under conditions of acute ...
Andrew J Johnson, Christopher Miles, Kathryn Sketchley-Kaye, Rebecca Jenks, Sesay M, Speilberger C   +5 more
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