Tongue Brushing, Dentifrice, and Age Effects on Taste and Smell
- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 60 (10) , 1730-1734
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345810600100101
Abstract
Tongue brushing with and without dentifrice in young adult and old subjects affected taste detection thresholds, but not taste intensity scaling, for sucrose, NaCl, citric acid, and caffeine. Citric acid (sour) and caffeine (bitter) tasted significantly less intense in the older subjects. Olfactory detection thresholds for pyridine improved slightly after tongue brushing in the older subjects.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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