Dental Care Can Prevent Dementia

Caring for your teeth is a good habit, and needs to be done. But apparently there are other benefits that dental care can prevent dementia.

Brushing your teeth can help sharper memory for years to come. Those who brush their teeth less than once a day potentially 65 percent of those who suffer from dementia than brushing your teeth three times a day.

Dementia is a brain disorder cognitive function thoroughly characterized, among others with impaired memory function. Usually begins with short-term memory followed by medium and long-term memory. Dementia is progressive and usually difficult to cure.

Unhealthy lifestyles allegedly triggering the onset of dementia, one of which is the lazy habit of brushing your teeth. The study, conducted by researchers from the University of California shows that. The study followed 5500 elderly respondents and studied for more than 18 years.

Annlia Paganini Hill, head of research, said the habit of cleaning your teeth and mouth does not only come from the mind. Mouth cleaning habits also affect whether or not someone potentially dementia.

Research linking oral health to body condition was not the first. Previously, research has emerged regarding dental health is closely related to people with narrowing of the arteries that can cause heart attacks and strokes.

Other studies find people with Alzheimer's, one of the most common forms for dementia, have gum disease-causing bacteria in their mouths more than those who do not have Alzheimer's. Bacteria that cause gum disease is thought to cause inflammation and damage when it reaches the brain.

In a recent study involving scientists at California retirement community. The researchers observed the activity of the elderly aged 52-105 years with an average age of 81 years, beginning in 1992 to 2010.

A total of 1145 respondents had signs of dementia after 18 years of observation. 78 women admitted rarely brushed their teeth once a day in 1992. A total of 21 respondents of whom have dementia in 2010, or about 1 in 3.7 women. Those who have to brush your teeth at least once a day have a lower probability level. Approximately 1 out of 4.5 women or 65 percent chance of developing dementia.

Jessica Smith of Community Alzheimer say there are some studies that examine the inflammation caused by many factors including poor dental health and dementia. However, these results have not been fully understood.

Amber Watts, who studied at the University of Kansas dementia and is not part of the research team, adding injury to the head and malnutrition is one of the most common causes of tooth loss in adults. One of these could increase the risk of dementia.

"I still can not draw definitive conclusions brushing prevents you from Alzheimer's disease," he said,

However, Watts assess the results of this study could be an important step to understanding how to maintain oral health habits can be linked to dementia.

Paganini-Hill drew the conclusion, when relations between the two terms is accurate, then there are certain things you can do to prevent early dementia. As familiarize maintain oral health and prevent loss of teeth. If the tooth is loose, you should wear dentures.

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