Diseases of the gums and teeth are directly related to the more intense rate of cognitive impairment in people with Alzheimer's disease. To this conclusion came the specialists of the Society for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease.

According to scientists, maintaining oral hygiene and maintaining a healthy state of teeth helps slow the development of dementia. The reaction of the body to inflammation of the gums is a decrease in brain activity. The process of inflammation causes an increase in immune cells in the brain and is associated with Alzheimer's disease.

According to studies of specialists from the Royal College of London and the University of Southampton, people with low cognitive abilities tend to have a poor state of gums and teeth. Special attention of scientists advise to turn on periodontitis. It is this disease, according to researchers, contributes to a six-fold increase in the rate of cognitive impairment.

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