- key: tay2026
  title: 'Perceived Masticatory Function and Mortality: A Causal Study'
  authors:
  - Tay JRH
  - Cooray U
  - Chan A
  - Tonetti MS
  - Nascimento GG
  - Peres MA
  journal: J Dent Res
  year: '2026'
  volume: '105'
  issue: '1'
  pages: 95-102
  doi: 10.1177/00220345251363851
  pmid: '40947960'
  claim: Longitudinal association of perceived chewing function with mortality; hypothetical
    intervention analysis is distinct from prosthesis treatment.
  verification:
    identity:
      status: verified
      method: registry
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      assessment: Supports the stated longitudinal association and hypothetical preservation
        scenarios; does not validate prosthetic mortality benefit.
    source_status:
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      assessment: No correction or retraction notice visible in the accessed PubMed
        record; broader adverse-status surveillance not performed.
  verified: 2026-10-05 crossref+pubmed
- key: fushida2021
  title: 'Lower Masticatory Performance Is a Risk for the Development of the Metabolic
    Syndrome: The Suita Study'
  authors:
  - Fushida S
  - Kosaka T
  - Nakai M
  - Kida M
  - Nokubi T
  - Kokubo Y
  - Watanabe M
  - Miyamoto Y
  - Ono T
  - Ikebe K
  journal: Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
  year: 2021
  volume: '8'
  pages: '752667'
  doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.752667
  claim: Objective masticatory performance and subsequent metabolic syndrome in men;
    no statistically significant association in women.
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      assessment: Supports sex-specific association with metabolic syndrome using
        an objective gummy-jelly test; not causal validation of ClinicalSpark.
    source_status:
      status: correction_inspected
      source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.872326/full
      assessment: 2022 corrigendum adds missing funding grant 19K19123 and states
        scientific conclusions unchanged.
  verified: 2026-10-05 crossref
- key: hamrah2025
  title: 'Association between fasting blood glucose level and difficulty with chewing:
    the Aichi Workers'' Cohort Study'
  authors:
  - Hamrah MH
  - Song Z
  - Hong Y
  - Akter T
  - Nuamah HG
  - Gondo N
  - Matsunaga M
  - Ota A
  - Takada M
  - Otsuka R
  - Tamakoshi K
  - Yatsuya H
  journal: Environ Health Prev Med
  year: '2025'
  volume: '30'
  pages: '95'
  doi: 10.1265/ehpm.25-00284
  pmid: '41339060'
  claim: Cross-sectional association of higher fasting glucose with self-reported
    chewing difficulty.
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      method: registry
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      assessment: Supports cross-sectional association; explicitly does not establish
        causal direction. Does not support a trigeminal-vagal mechanism.
    source_status:
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      assessment: No correction or retraction notice visible in accessed publisher
        record; broader adverse-status surveillance not performed.
  issue: '0'
  verified: 2026-10-05 crossref+pubmed