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Adverse oral health and cognitive decline: the health, aging and body composition study.

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Journal Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year 2013
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship between periodontal disease and cognitive decline. DESIGN: Analysis of a prospective cohort study. SETTING: The Health, Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study. PARTICIPANTS: One thousand fifty-three participants who were administered the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MS) at Year 1 (baseline) and Year 3 and had participated in a comprehensive periodontal examination at Year 2. MEASUREMENTS: The prospective association between a range of oral health parameters and cognitive function was examined. Decline in 3MS score from Year 3 to 5 was investigated in 947 (89.9%) participants. Covariates included age, sex, education, race, cardiovascular disease and risk, and depressive symptoms. RESULTS: Most indicators of adverse oral health at Year 2 were associated with cognitive impairment based on averaged 3MS scores less than 80 for Years 1 and 3, but education and race substantially confounded these associations. Higher gingival index, a measure of gingival inflammation, at Year 2 remained independently associated with this definition of cognitive impairment and, in fully adjusted analyses, was also an independent predictor of a more-than-5-point cognitive decline from Year 3 to 5. CONCLUSION: Periodontitis may be a risk factor for cognitive decline. Gingivitis is reversible, and periodontitis to some degree is preventable and controllable when manifest. Therefore, further research is needed to clarify potential underlying mechanisms and oral health interventions that might ameliorate cognitive decline.

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Oral disease in relation to future risk of dementia and cognitive decline: prospective cohort study based on the Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron Modified-Release Controlled Evaluation (ADVANCE) trial.

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Journal European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists
Year 2013
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OBJECTIVE: Examine the association of oral disease with future dementia/cognitive decline in a cohort of people with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: A total of 11,140 men and women aged 55-88 years at study induction with type 2 diabetes participated in a baseline medical examination when they reported the number of natural teeth and days of bleeding gums. Dementia and cognitive decline were ascertained periodically during a 5-year follow-up. RESULTS: Relative to the group with the greatest number of teeth (more than or equal to 22), having no teeth was associated with the highest risk of both dementia (hazard ratio; 95% confidence interval: 1.48; 1.24, 1.78) and cognitive decline (1.39; 1.21, 1.59). Number of days of bleeding gums was unrelated to these outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Tooth loss was associated with an increased risk of both dementia and cognitive decline.

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Oral health condition of French elderly and risk of dementia: a longitudinal cohort study.

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Journal Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Year 2012
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OBJECTIVES: Oral condition could be associated with cognitive impairment, but this is not yet well documented. We therefore hypothesized that people with poor oral condition would be more at risk to develop dementia. The objective of this study thus was to describe the oral condition of French community-dwelling elderly persons and to assess its relationship with the occurrence of dementia. METHODS: Oral examination was conducted on a sample of individuals aged 66-80 years followed-up prospectively for screening of dementia over 15 years in Gironde, France. Univariate and multivariate analyses of the risk of dementia were performed using a Cox proportional hazard model with delayed entry. RESULTS: Data from 405 individuals were analyzed; 45.4% men; median age at baseline: 70 years [interquartile range (IQR): 68-75]. The median number of decayed, missing, and filled teeth was 18 (IQR: 13-24) and was higher in women (median: 20 versus 17, P = 0.004) and in persons with lower school level (median: 21 versus 17, P = 0.003). Among 348 persons with sextant eligible for periodontal assessment, 2/3 required periodontal care: 5.2% had bleeding observed, 44.8% calculus, 17.8% 4-5 mm pockets, and 2.9%≥ 6 mm pockets. The incidence of dementia during a median follow-up of 10 years (IQR: 6.5-13.7) was 19 per 1000 person-years. The adjusted hazard ratio for a number of missing teeth ≥ 11 (median) on the risk of dementia was 1.13 (95% confidence interval, CI = [0.60-2.12]) in people with higher education (n = 312) and 0.30 (CI = 0.11-0.79) in persons with lower school level (n = 93) (P for modification effect = 0.0002). CONCLUSIONS: Having eleven or more missing teeth seemed to be associated with a lower risk of dementia in people with lower education possibly owing to the suppression of source of chronic inflammation.

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Association between self-reported dental health status and onset of dementia: a 4-year prospective cohort study of older Japanese adults from the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES) Project.

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Journal Psychosomatic medicine
Year 2012
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OBJECTIVES: Studies have shown that people with cognitive impairment have poor dental health. However, the direction of causality remains unknown. This prospective cohort study aimed to determine the association between four self-reported dental health variables and dementia onset in older Japanese people. METHODS: Analysis was conducted on 4425 residents 65 years or older. Four self-reported dental health variables included the number of teeth and/or use of dentures, ability to chew, presence/absence of a regular dentist, and taking care of dental health. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires given in 2003. Records of dementia onset during 2003 to 2007 were obtained from municipalities in charge of the public long-term care insurance system. Age, income, body mass index, present illness, alcohol consumption, exercise, and forgetfulness were used as covariates. RESULTS: Dementia onset was recorded in 220 participants. Univariate Cox proportional hazards models showed significant associations between the dental health variables and dementia onset. In models fully adjusted for all covariates, hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of dementia onset of respondents were as follows: 1.85 (1.04-3.31) for those with few teeth and without dentures; 1.25 (0.81-1.93) for those who could not chew very well; 1.44 (1.04-2.01) for those who did not have a regular dentist; and 1.76 (0.96-3.20) for those who did not take care of their dental health. CONCLUSIONS: Few teeth without dentures and absence of a regular dentist, not poor mastication and poor attitudes toward dental health, were associated with higher risk of dementia onset in the older Japanese cohort even after adjustment for available covariates.

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Dentition, dental health habits, and dementia: the Leisure World Cohort Study.

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Journal Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year 2012
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OBJECTIVES: To explore the association between dentition and dental health behaviors and incident dementia. DESIGN: Longitudinal cohort. SETTING: Leisure World, Laguna Hills, CA; a retirement community. PARTICIPANTS: Five thousand four hundred sixty-eight older (median age 81) adults followed from 1992 to 2010. MEASUREMENTS: Questions regarding dental health focused on number of natural teeth, dentures worn, number of visits to a dentist, and oral health habits. Dementia status was determined from in-person evaluations, follow-up questionnaires, hospital data, and death certificates. Estimates of dementia risk were calculated using Cox regression analysis in men and women separately. RESULTS: Men with inadequate natural masticatory function who did not wear dentures had a 91% greater risk of dementia than those with adequate natural masticatory function (≥ 10 upper teeth and ≥ 6 lower teeth). This risk was also greater in women but not significantly so. Dentate individuals who reported not brushing their teeth daily had a 22% to 65% greater risk of dementia than those who brushed three times daily. CONCLUSION: In addition to helping maintain natural, healthy, functional teeth, oral health behaviors are associated with lower risk of dementia in older adults.

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Tooth loss and periodontal disease predict poor cognitive function in older men.

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Journal Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year 2010
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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether rates of tooth loss, periodontal disease progression, and caries incidence predict cognitive decline in men. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Community-dwelling men enrolled in the Veterans Affairs Dental Longitudinal Study. PARTICIPANTS: Five hundred ninety-seven dentate men aged 28 to 70 at study baseline who have been followed up to 32 years. MEASUREMENTS: Oral examinations were conducted approximately every 3 years. Periodontal disease measures included probing pocket depth and radiographic alveolar bone height. Participants underwent cognitive testing beginning in 1993. Low cognitive status was defined as less than 25 points or less than 90% of the age- and education-specific median on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and less than 10 points on a spatial copying task. RESULTS: Each tooth lost per decade since the baseline dental examination increased the risks of low MMSE score (hazard ratio (HR)=1.09, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.01-1.18) and low spatial copying score (HR=1.12, CI=1.05-1.18). Risks were greater per additional tooth with progression of alveolar bone loss (spatial copying: HR=1.03, CI=1.01-1.06), probing pocket depth (MMSE: HR=1.04, CI=1.01-1.09; spatial copying: HR=1.04, CI=1.01-1.06), and caries (spatial copying: HR=1.05, CI=1.01-1.08). Risks were consistently higher in men who were older than 45.5 at baseline than in younger men. CONCLUSION: Risk of cognitive decline in older men increases as more teeth are lost. Periodontal disease and caries, major reasons for tooth loss, are also related to cognitive decline.

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Tooth loss, apolipoprotein E, and decline in delayed word recall.

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Journal Journal of dental research
Year 2010
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Our previous research suggests an association between a low number of teeth and increased risk of dementia. The aim of the present study was to determine if a low number of teeth is specifically related to memory decline as evidenced by low Delayed Word Recall scores. In addition, we examined the combined effect of a low number of teeth and the apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele on Delayed Word Recall scores. We hypothesized that the scores of those who had the allele and a low number of teeth (0-9) would decline more rapidly over time than those participants with a greater number of teeth who lacked the allele. We found that individuals with both risk factors (the allele and fewer teeth) had lower Delayed Word Recall scores at the first examination and declined more quickly compared with participants with neither of these risk factors or with either risk factor alone.

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Patterns of tooth loss in older adults with and without dementia: a retrospective study based on a Minnesota cohort.

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Journal Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year 2010
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OBJECTIVES: To study tooth loss patterns in older adults with dementia. DESIGN: Retrospective longitudinal study. SETTING: A community-based geriatric dental clinic in Minnesota. PARTICIPANTS: Four hundred ninety-one older adults who presented to the study clinic as new patients during the study period, remained dentate after finishing the initial treatment plan, and returned for care at least once thereafter were retrospectively selected. One hundred nineteen elderly people with International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes 290.x, 294.1, or 331.2 or a plain-text diagnosis of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or chronic brain syndrome in the medical history were considered having dementia. INTERVENTION: All existing dental conditions were treated before enrollment. Dental treatment was continually provided for all participants during follow-up. MEASUREMENTS: Tooth loss patterns, including time to first tooth loss, number of tooth loss events, and number of teeth lost per patient-year were estimated and compared for participants with and without dementia using Cox, Poisson, and negative-binomial regressions. RESULTS: Participants with dementia arrived with an average of 18 and those without dementia with an average of 20 teeth; 27% of remaining teeth in the group with dementia were decayed or retained roots, higher than in the group without dementia (P<.001). Patterns of tooth loss did not significantly differ between the two groups; 11% of participants in both groups had lost teeth by 12 months of follow-up. By 48 months, 31% of participants without dementia and 37% of participants with dementia had lost at least one tooth (P=.50). On average, 15% of participants in both groups lost at least one tooth each year. Mean numbers of teeth lost in 5 years were 1.21 for participants with dementia and 1.01 for participants without dementia (P=.89). CONCLUSION: Based on data available in a community-based geriatric dental clinic, dementia was not associated with tooth loss. Although their oral health was poor at arrival, participants with dementia maintained their dentition as well as participants without dementia when dental treatment was provided.

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Assessing caries increments in elderly patients with and without dementia: a one-year follow-up study.

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Journal Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
Year 2009
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BACKGROUND: The authors conducted a study to determine one-year coronal and root caries increments in patients newly diagnosed as having Alzheimer disease (AD), other dementia (OD) or no dementia. METHODS: The authors recruited patients from two hospital memory clinics in Copenhagen. The oral examination included an assessment of dental status and dental caries. The authors used a structured questionnaire to obtain information regarding demographic, social and functional variables. RESULTS: In the baseline study, 106 dentate patients participated. Of these, 77 completed the follow-up study. The participants' mean age was 81.9 years at baseline and 82.5 years at follow-up. At baseline, 87 (82 percent) of 106 participants had dementia and at follow-up, 64 (83 percent) of 77 participants had dementia. The mean number of decayed tooth surfaces was significantly higher at follow-up than at baseline for all participants, and the number was highest for the OD group. The one-year adjusted caries and filling increments (ADJCIs) were high for participants with and without dementia but were highest for participants in the AD and OD groups. Baseline risk factors for developing elevated coronal and root ADJCIs included having caries, having many teeth and being older than 80 years. CONCLUSIONS: Elderly people referred to a memory clinic were at an elevated risk of developing high levels of coronal and root-surface caries during the first year after referral, and those with a dementia diagnosis other than AD appeared to be at a particularly high risk of developing multiple carious lesions during the first year after diagnosis. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: These findings underscore the importance of addressing the oral health needs of elderly people suspected of having experienced cognitive decline.

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Tooth loss, dementia and neuropathology in the Nun study.

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Journal Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
Year 2007
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BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have linked dementia to the subsequent deterioration of oral health. Few investigators, however, have examined oral disease as a potential risk factor in the development of dementia. The authors conducted a study to investigate a potential association between a history of oral disease and the development of dementia. METHODS: Longitudinal dental records supplemented data collected from 10 annual cognitive assessments of 144 Milwaukee participants in the Nun Study, a longitudinal study of aging and Alzheimer disease, who were 75 to 98 years old. Neuropathologic findings at autopsy were available for 118 participants who died. RESULTS: A low number of teeth increased the risk of higher prevalence and incidence of dementia. CONCLUSION: Participants with the fewest teeth had the highest risk of prevalence and incidence of dementia. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Edentulism or very few (one to nine) teeth may be predictors of dementia late in life.