title: [Influence of a maxillary complete denture on taste perception Patients regularly report an alteration in taste perception after the insertion].
abstract: Patients regularly report an alteration in taste perception after the insertion of a maxillary complete denture. It is generally accepted that changes in temperature and texture perception of the food induced by covering the hard palate are the principalfactors contributing to this alteration. Besides temperature and texture, other factors contributing to taste perception are smell, age and saliva composition.
authors.affiliation: Uit de afdeling Orale Functieleer van het Centrum voor Tandheelkunde en Mondzorgkunde, Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen. p.w.j.juch@med.umcg.nl
authors.forename: P W J
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Jüch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kalk
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003826:Denture, Complete, Lower / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*; D055697:Taste Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013696:Temperature