Mastication and swallowing: influence of fluid addition to foods

• Main Authors: Luciano José Pereira (Author), Maria Beatriz Duarte Gavião (Author), Lina Engelen (Author), Andries Van der Bilt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: The production of sufficient saliva is indispensable for good chewing. Recent research has demonstrated that salivary flow rate has little influence on the swallowing threshold. OBJECTIVES: The hypothesis examined in the present study was that adding fluids to foods will influence chew...