Kyushu University Academic Staff Educational and Research Activities Database
Researcher information
Michiko Furuta Last modified date:2013.4.5

Assistant Professor / Division of Oral Health, Growth and Development
Department of Dental Science
Faculty of Dental Science


Graduate School
Undergraduate School


Homepage
[URL]
Home page of Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry.
Academic Degree
Ph.D. in Dentistry
Field of Specialization
Preventive Dentistry
Outline Activities
Research activities
・Study of relationship between oral health and systemic health
・Study of the impact of social environmental factor on oral health

Education activities
・Lecture on and practice in preventive dentistry and social dentistry to undergraduate students

Social activities
・Clinical preventive dentistry in Kyushu University Hospital
・Support of community dental health activity in health center
・Oral hygiene instruction in elementary school
Research
Research Interests
  • Study of relationship between oral health status and systemic health

    keyword : oral health, periodontal disease, systemic health
    2008.04~2013.03.
  • Study of the impact of social environmental factor on oral health
    keyword : oral health, social environmental factor
    2010.04~2013.03.
Academic Activities
Papers
1. Furuta Michiko, Komiya-Nonaka M, Sumio Akifusa, Shimazaki Yoshihiro, Adachi M, Kinoshita T, Kikutani T, Yamashita Yoshihisa,Interrelationship of oral health status, swallowing function, nutritional status, and cognitive ability with activities of daily living in Japanese elderly people receiving home care services due to physical disabilities. ,Community Dent Oral Epidemiol,Vol.41,2012.08.
2. Furuta M, Ekuni D, Takao S, Suzuki E, Morita M, Kawachi I.,Social capital and self-rated oral health among young people,Community Dent Oral Epidemiol,Vol.40,pp.97-104,2011.09.
3. Furuta Michiko, Ekuni D, Irie K, Azuma T, Tomofuji T, Ogura T, Morita M,Sex differences in gingivitis relate to interaction of oral health behaviors in young people,J Periodontol,Vol.82,No.4,pp.558-65,2011.03.
4. Furuta Michiko, Tomofuji T, Ekuni D, Tamaki N, Yamamoto T, Azuma T, Irie K, Endo Y, Yamada S, Morita M,Relationship between periodontal condition and arterial properties in an adult population in Japan,Oral Dis,Vol.16,pp.781-87,2010.11.
5. Furuta Michiko, Ekuni D, Yamamoto T, Irie K, Koyama R, Sanbe T, Yamanaka R, Morita M, Kuroki K, Tobe K,Relationship between periodontitis and hepatic abnormalities in young adults,Acta Odontol Scand,Vol.68,pp.27-33,2010.01.
Membership in Academic Society
  • Japanese Society for Dental health
  • Japanese Society of Public Health
  • Japan Society for Occupational Health
  • Japan Epidemiological Association
Educational
Educational Activities
Lecture on and practice in preventive dentistry and social dentistry to udnergraduate students
Research instruction on preventive and public health dentistry to postgraduate students