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2021-04-13 Science & Technology

There's a disturbing new link between gum disease and dementia

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Posted by Besoeker 2021-04-13 05:56|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Been reading a lot lately about links to dementia; last one was snoring and dementia. The commonality is that the supposed "links" are all age-related. I suspect these are age-related comorbidities, not causes.

Correlation is not causation said someone sometime.

Posted by Mercutio 2021-04-13 07:17|| 2021-04-13 07:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Looking back at the history of medicine & dentistry -- 1800-1910 or so - old timey docs were big on full mouth extractions and full dentures when teeth & gums (consider them a unit) got hopelessly rotten & inflamed. As best I can figure out from what records there are, this was often followed by an increase in the patient's sense of well being.
In my own family, several elders passed that point back in the 1950s and 1960s, and had their own full mouth extraction & fitment for full dentures. Without exception every one of these former dental patients stated their sense of well being improved as soon as their mouths healed, and this persisted for decades afterwards. They also welcomed the fact that they never again needed to see a dentist. Perhaps they needed to see a denturist to adjust the dentures afterward but some of them didn't even need that.
So do consider that trying to be healthy with a mouthful of decay, infection and inflammation might just be futile.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-04-13 11:20|| 2021-04-13 11:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorry. My dad was borderline OCD and brushing his teeth regularly was definitely happening. It's genetic, and if it's in your family history you had better plan accordingly.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-04-13 14:09|| 2021-04-13 14:09|| Front Page Top

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