The prospective association between periodontal disease and brain imaging outcomes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
Hamdi S AdamKamakshi LakshminarayanWendy WangFaye L NorbyThomas MosleyKeenan A WalkerRebecca F GottesmanKatie MeyerTimothy M HughesJames S PankowDean F WongClifford R JackSouvik SenPamela L LutseyJim BeckRyan T DemmerPublished in: Journal of clinical periodontology (2022)
Within the limitations of this study, periodontal disease was not associated with altered brain volumes, microhaemorrhages, or β-amyloid positivity. Tooth loss was associated with lower odds of cerebral infarcts.