The aim of this study was to know issue of the relationship between mandibular asymmetry and body posture. The literatures of mandibular asymmetry and body posture published in the last 10 years (2012-2022) which were collected from the electronic databases PubMed and Google Scholar. The data obtained was anaylized using observational, prospective, retrospective, case reports, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, showed that there is a relationship between themandibular and C2-3 with the rela-tion of the suprahyoid, hyoid bone, infrahyoid and sternocleidomastoid muscles connecting to spine. So, the changes in mandi-bular position will also change the body posture, and body posture will also affect the position of the mandibular with spinal de-formities which results in distortion of the vertebral column and asymmetrical face, shoulders, and waist. It was concluded that all studies cited in this literature review reported thatmandibular asymmetry and body posture have a reciprocal relationship.
Several studies showed that tooth loss was quite high occurred in elderly, which could interfere their chewingfunction, and finally affected their nutrient intake. Rehabilitation of chewing dysfunction in elderly who have lost alltheir teeth can be managed by using full denture (FD). However, a FD can only improve 30-50% of chewingfunction in elderly. This study was aimed to compare the nutritional status involved measured by Body Mass Index(BMI) indicators in elderly with or without FD. This descriptive analysis study of 64 elderly, consists of 32 with FDand other 32 who did not wear FD. The results showed that the category of elderly wearing FD were sequentiallyvery underweight 0%, underweight 9.4%, normal 68.8%, mild obese 3.1%, obese 12.5%, severe obese 6.2%, whilethe category of elderly who did not wear FD were sequentially very underweight 9.4%, underweight 28.1%, normal53.1%, mild obese 3.1%, moderate obese 3.1%, severe obese 3.1%. Statistical analysis showed no significantdifferences (P = 0.14), but there are differences in each category which measured by BMI. This study concluded thatnutritional status of elderly using FD was better than the elderly who didn’t wear FD.
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