Brushing your teeth is necessary to maintain their health - everyone knows this elementary truth from kindergarten. Meanwhile, it turns out that regular oral hygiene is necessary not only to keep your teeth in order, but also to keep your brain in order..

Researchers from the University of California (USA) argue that the less often a person brushes his teeth, the greater the risk that he will develop Alzheimer's disease in old age.. Scientists conducted an experiment with the participation of five and a half thousand volunteers aged 52 to 105 years (average age of the subjects - 81 years). At the beginning of the experiment, which lasted 18 years, the participants had to talk about their daily routine, the condition of their teeth and the presence of dentures.. At that time, none of them had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease..

After 18 years, the health survey was repeated (in some cases, data on death was raised from the archive). It turned out that those older people who rarely (less than once a day) brushed their teeth were more likely to suffer from dementia.. The risk of developing this disorder jumped by 65%, and women were more likely to be affected.. Scientists explain this phenomenon by the fact that while brushing our teeth, we destroy a number of harmful bacteria,.

living in the gum cavity. When these bacteria are left to their own devices, they begin to contribute to the development of many diseases - for example, cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, and diabetes mellitus.. By destroying harmful bacteria, a person heals not only the gums, but the whole body as a whole, including the brain.

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