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Methods: Among patients aged \u226550 years who visited a single dental clinic for regular maintenance, those who accepted and declined nutritional guidance were classified as being in the \u201cguidance group (G group)\u201d and \u201cnonguidance group (nG group)\u201d, respectively. The oral moisture content, masticatory performance, tongue\/lip motor function, maximum tongue pressure, and swallowing function were assessed. Additionally, we assessed 10 body composition parameters using a body composition analyzer. Patients in the G group received monthly nutritional guidance from a registered dietician. At 3 months, changes in oral function and body composition were examined and between-group comparison in changes in dietary habits was performed. Results: A two-way analysis of variance revealed a main effect of time and an interaction between time and group for oral function only, and improvements in masticatory performance scores, maximum tongue pressure, and swallowing function were observed in the G group (n = 20). Compared with the nG group (n = 18), the G group had a significantly higher proportion of participants with a reported increase in the variety and amount of consumed food. Conclusions: Although this is the preliminary trial with a small sample and high risk biases, our findings suggest the possibility that 3 months of nutritional guidance at a general dental clinic in Japan may improve oral function.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15010023","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,22]],"date-time":"2025-12-22T08:35:27Z","timestamp":1766392527000},"page":"23","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effect of Nutritional Guidance on Oral Function in Patients Visiting a General Dental Clinic: A Preliminary Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Kazuki","family":"Makita","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Osaka Dental University, Osaka 540-0008, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2087-4971","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Takahiro","family":"Ono","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Osaka Dental University, Osaka 540-0008, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Akiyo","family":"Kawamoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Osaka Dental University, Osaka 540-0008, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kazuya","family":"Takahashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Osaka Dental University, Osaka 540-0008, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1111","DOI":"10.1111\/ggi.14980","article-title":"Consensus Statement on \u201cOral Frailty\u201d from the Japan Geriatrics Society, the Japanese Society of Gerodontology, and the Japanese Association on Sarcopenia and Frailty","volume":"24","author":"Tanaka","year":"2024","journal-title":"Geriatr. 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