very interesting: Maintaining good oral hygiene isn’t only important for your teeth, but is also integral to the prevention of diseases like #dementia new research reveals.
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very interesting: Maintaining good oral hygiene isn’t only important for your teeth, but is also integral to the prevention of diseases like #dementia new research reveals.
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very interesting: Maintaining good oral hygiene isn’t only important for your teeth, but is also integral to the prevention of diseases like #dementia new research reveals.
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Is it cause or correlation? (Sorry, too lazy to look into the original paper). -
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Is it cause or correlation? (Sorry, too lazy to look into the original paper).@adorfer "“We now think that maintaining your teeth in health may be associated with a reduced risk of more than 50 systemic conditions,” Alpdogan Kantarci, a professor at the University of Minnesota’s School of Dentistry, said at the event titled The Mouth as a Gateway to Overall Health.
“Research is now showing that in people with mild or moderate diseases, those who are brushing and taking care of their teeth or seeing a dentist and having advanced cleanings, are showing much better cognitive responses,” he continued.
Kantarci highlighted periodontitis, an aggressive form of gum disease, as a key risk factor for developing conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and dementia."
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very interesting: Maintaining good oral hygiene isn’t only important for your teeth, but is also integral to the prevention of diseases like #dementia new research reveals.
@kcarruthers Interesting! I knew there were previous studies linking poor oral health with cardiovascular disease, but the link to other inflammatory diseases makes sense.
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@adorfer "“We now think that maintaining your teeth in health may be associated with a reduced risk of more than 50 systemic conditions,” Alpdogan Kantarci, a professor at the University of Minnesota’s School of Dentistry, said at the event titled The Mouth as a Gateway to Overall Health.
“Research is now showing that in people with mild or moderate diseases, those who are brushing and taking care of their teeth or seeing a dentist and having advanced cleanings, are showing much better cognitive responses,” he continued.
Kantarci highlighted periodontitis, an aggressive form of gum disease, as a key risk factor for developing conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and dementia."
@kcarruthers if i get it correctly: "People who take care of their teeth most likely are taking care of their medical conditions too and visit doctors more regularly, e.g. for screenings".
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very interesting: Maintaining good oral hygiene isn’t only important for your teeth, but is also integral to the prevention of diseases like #dementia new research reveals.
@kcarruthers I'm not sure it is...
This article seems to be about a talk at a conference. No linked specific study, despite them writing 'new research reveals'. What research?
They've only quoted the guy, a dentistry researcher, who gave the talk.
Despite one line saying there's no research showing that gum disease *causes* dementia, they've let him go off on a diet/anti-fat rant anyway.
I would ignore this tbh!
Yes, we do know that gum health impacts the rest of the body in various ways.
But 'brush your teeth 3x a day to avoid dementia' is absolutely NOT the conclusion to take away from this
