Composition of Functional Tooth Units and Nutrient Intake in Older Men

Dietary Assessment of Older Men Clinical Trial

— CHAMP  

Official title:

Associations Between the Composition of Functional Tooth Units and Nutrient Intake in Older Men: the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03295435
• Other study ID #: 301916
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 24, 2017
• Last updated: September 24, 2017
• Start date: August 5, 2014
• Est. completion date: July 13, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: September 2017
• Source: University of Sydney
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Various definitions of poor dentition in older adults has been linked with inadequate intake of nutrients and poor diet quality. This study aims to look at the associations between poor dentition as defined by the composition of functional tooth units, and dietary intake of nutrients in community dwelling older men.

Description:

Poor dentition, defined by numbers of teeth, functional tooth units or edentulism has been previously shown to be associated with poor intakes of nutrients in older adults, including but not limited to vitamin C, calcium, fibre, protein, zinc and folate. Similar findings have been found when poor dentition is defined by the presence of a prosthesis. Reasons for this inverse relationship include poor denture quality, reduced chewing capacity, or the inadequacy of prosthesis to replace natural teeth.

However limited studies have looked at how the composition (natural verses prosthetic) of functional tooth units is associated with nutrient intake. A cross sectional analysis of a cohort of male older adults, participating in an ongoing longitudinal study, was conducted to investigate nutrition and oral health associations, including the relationship between the composition of functional tooth units and nutrient intake.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 781
• Est. completion date: July 13, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: July 13, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 78 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

• Moved inter or intrastate (moved out of study area)

• Death

• Refused to participate

• previously withdrawn

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dietary Assessment of Older Men
• Oral Health of Older Men

Intervention

Other:
• Composition of functional tooth units
Composition of functional tooth units measured by trained oral health therapists and was categorised into 3 groups: Group A: Natural units only Group B: Natural & Prosthetic units present Group C: No natural units present

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Australia	The Centre for Education and Research on Ageing	Sydney	New South Wales

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Sydney

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Australia, 

References & Publications (5)

de Andrade FB, de França Caldas A Jr, Kitoko PM. Relationship between oral health, nutrient intake and nutritional status in a sample of Brazilian elderly people. Gerodontology. 2009 Mar;26(1):40-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2008.00220.x. Epub 2008 Feb 19. — View Citation

Ervin RB, Dye BA. The effect of functional dentition on Healthy Eating Index scores and nutrient intakes in a nationally representative sample of older adults. J Public Health Dent. 2009 Fall;69(4):207-16. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2009.00124.x. — View Citation

Hildebrandt GH, Dominguez BL, Schork MA, Loesche WJ. Functional units, chewing, swallowing, and food avoidance among the elderly. J Prosthet Dent. 1997 Jun;77(6):588-95. — View Citation

Shinkai RS, Hatch JP, Rugh JD, Sakai S, Mobley CC, Saunders MJ. Dietary intake in edentulous subjects with good and poor quality complete dentures. J Prosthet Dent. 2002 May;87(5):490-8. — View Citation

Ueno M, Yanagisawa T, Shinada K, Ohara S, Kawaguchi Y. Masticatory ability and functional tooth units in Japanese adults. J Oral Rehabil. 2008 May;35(5):337-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2008.01847.x. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Dietary intake of nutrients	A diet history was performed, and data entered into a database which provided daily average nutrient intakes.	45 minute interview on 1 day (cross-sectional).

External Links

•   Nutrient Database used to determine daily nutrient intakes of diet history