Oral diseases and inflammatory burden and Alzheimer's disease among subjects aged 75 years or older.
Antti TiisanojaAnna-Maija SyrjäläMiia TertsonenKaija KomulainenPaula PesonenMatti KnuuttilaSirpa HartikainenPekka YlöstaloPublished in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2019)
Oral diseases and the related inflammatory burden were in most cases associated more strongly with diagnosed AD than dementia in general. Of the oral diseases studied, the strongest association was between dental caries and AD.