Selection in mixtures of food particles during oral processing in man

• Main Authors: van der Glas, Hilbert W., Kim, Esther H.-J., Mustapa, Anis Zafirah, Elmanaseer, Wijdan R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: RK318 Oral and Dental Medicine. Pathology. Diseases-Therapeutics-General Works
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/60198/7/60198_Selection%20in%20mixtures%20of%20food%20particles_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/60198/12/60198_Selection%20in%20mixtures%20of%20food%20particles.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/60198/13/60198_Selection%20in%20mixtures%20of%20food%20particles_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/60198/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003996917303254
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Objectives Two processes underlie food comminution during chewing: (1) selection, i.e. every particle has a chance of being placed between the teeth and being subjected to (2) breakage. Selection decreases with particle number by saturation of breakage sites, and it depends on competition between sm...