Associations between dental caries and systemic diseases: a scoping review

A Sabharwal, E Stellrecht, FA Scannapieco - BMC Oral Health, 2021 - Springer
Background The objective of this study was to evaluate and present evidence from animal
and human clinical studies on associations between dental caries and systemic diseases …

Periodontal medicine: 100 years of progress

JD Beck, PN Papapanou, KH Philips… - Journal of dental …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Periodontal medicine is a term used to describe how periodontal infection/inflammation may
impact extraoral health. Periodontitis has been linked to over 50 systemic diseases and …

Prevalence of loss of all teeth (edentulism) and associated factors in older adults in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa

K Peltzer, S Hewlett, AE Yawson, P Moynihan… - International journal of …, 2014 - mdpi.com
Little information exists about the loss of all one's teeth (edentulism) among older adults in
low-and middle-income countries. This study examines the prevalence of edentulism and …

Dose-response meta-analysis on tooth loss with the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia

X Qi, Z Zhu, BL Plassman, B Wu - Journal of the American Medical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To quantify the dose-response associations between tooth loss and risk of
cognitive impairment and dementia. Design Longitudinal studies that examined the …

The subgingival periodontal microbiota of the aging mouth

M Feres, F Teles, R Teles, LC Figueiredo… - Periodontology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Different mechanisms have been hypothesized to explain the increase in prevalence and
severity of periodontitis in older adults, including shifts in the periodontal microbiota …

Tooth loss associated with physical and cognitive decline in older adults

G Tsakos, RG Watt, PL Rouxel… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To examine the effect of total tooth loss (edentulousness) on decline in physical
and cognitive functioning over 10 years in older adults in England. Design Secondary data …

Association between tooth loss and cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older Japanese adults: a 4-year prospective cohort study from the Ohasama study

S Saito, T Ohi, T Murakami, T Komiyama, Y Miyoshi… - BMC oral health, 2018 - Springer
Background Numerous prospective studies have investigated the association between the
number of remaining teeth and dementia or cognitive decline. However, no agreement has …

Association between mastication and cognitive status: a systematic review

A Tada, H Miura - Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose A substantial number of elderly people suffer from cognitive impairment and
dementia, which are considered to have various risk factors, including masticatory …

The role of neuroinflammation in dementias

G Pasqualetti, DJ Brooks, P Edison - Current neurology and neuroscience …, 2015 - Springer
The molecular mechanism of neuronal loss and synaptic damage in Alzheimer's disease
(AD), Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Lewy body …

The Porphyromonas gingivalis/Host Interactome Shows Enrichment in GWASdb Genes Related to Alzheimer's Disease, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases

CJ Carter, J France, SJ Crean… - Frontiers in aging …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Periodontal disease is of established etiology in which polymicrobial synergistic ecology has
become dysbiotic under the influence of Porphyromonas gingivalis. Following breakdown of …