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Jakarta, Sandai-id.com - Cleanliness and dental health need to be heavily guarded to avoid any disease going into the body due to bacteria and viruses that are on the dung and food marks on the side of teeth.
In origin, in addition to preventing various bacteria and diseases from entering the body, according to research, health and dental hygiene can actually prevent dementia.
Advise the research held in Finland, finding that about a fifth of people who have gums and loss of teeth are more likely to suffer from dementia. Well, on the contrary, routine checks and dental health can help ward off dementia.
This study was done based on some previous research, which found similar links between poor oral health and dementia.
One of them was a study in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society, which collected data from 47 previous studies that examined the relationship between cognitive dementia and oral health with the result that there was a mental health effect on dementia.
Bacteria that exist in gums or teeth, are said to cause bloody gums and will reach the brain nerve that can harm the organs.
The researcher, Dr. Sam Asher and his team also ran a paper on missing teeth due to severe gum disease. Research was done by researching data and checking medical records of thousands of people.
According to the analysis, people with gums and loss of teeth, 23 percent are more at risk of cognitive or dementia, such as the Daily Mail, Saturday (10 / 9 / 2022).
Explains further, in addition to dementia, the academia of the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio found that the periodic disease can lead to a rupture of jaw bones and cracks under the teeth. Not only that, severe gums can damage the tissue that keeps the teeth in place.
Although research is still observational and there is no clear evidence for early identification of risky individuals and the most efficient measures to prevent cognitive nerve damage.
