“…Regarding the time of the oral phase, the criterion of normality established in the literature, 24 considering the three consistencies, where the average time intervals of 1.07 ± 0.35 s for the liquid consistency; 3.48 ± 1.76 s for the pudding consistency and 27.88 ± 7.11 s for the solid consistency, was used. Values higher than those stipulated were considered as indicative of increased oral phase time.…”