Oral transit time: a critical review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: Oral transit time is one of the parameters observed during the clinical assessment of the swallowing function. The importance of this parameter is due to its impact on the total duration of a meal, whose consequence can be an unfavorable nutritional prognostic. OBJECTIVE: To document scientific papers that measure oral transit time in healthy subjects. METHOD: The review followed the steps proposed by the Cochrane Handbook. The...