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Fig. 1

From: Relationship between bite size per mouthful and dental arch size in healthy subjects

Fig. 1

a, b Fish sausage (left) and bread (right) were used in this study as test foods (a) and the experiments were performed as shown in (b). c Masticatory performance of objects was examined by requesting them to chew a cylindrically shaped 5% glucose-containing gummy jelly (c-1) for 20 s. After chewing, the subjects were asked to hold 10 ml of distilled water (c-3) in their mouth briefly and then split into a cup equipped with a filter (c-2). The glucose concentration in the filtrate was measured using a glucose measuring device (c-4), and the amount of glucose extraction was used as a quantitative measure of masticatory performance. d Paraffin wax bite impression of each subject was obtained to measure the lower dental arch width and length

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