Brushing can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's risk

New research found that can help keep their teeth clean and sharp mind to the old. Those poor oral hygiene, swollen gums, bleeding gums are more likely to suffer with Alzheimer's and other dementia-related memory problems. Gum condition worse, people's memory space the higher the risk. The study of regular brushing, flossing and visits with the dental benefits provided new evidence.

Prior studies have shown that the bacteria cause gum disease can cause a number of other diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and less refined. Now, it seems they can not let our thinking clear. Researchers at Columbia University in New York for the 2,300 men and women Dental Equipment examined the cause periodontal bacteria. Periodontitis will lead to gingival recession, tooth loose. All volunteers in the age 60 years and 60 years of age, they also received a series of memory tests.

One-fifth of the volunteers is a problem found during inspections, and poor oral hygiene of people the problem worse. Both men and women, at least with gum disease bacteria than people who gum up the memory of bacterial problem up to 3 times. Memory tests in mental arithmetic, their problems are over 2 times. The study, published in "Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry" on. The researchers wrote: "More and more evidence to support the poor oral health and to explore possible links between dementia." Oral hygiene may increase memory problems and dementia is not yet clear way. But lurking in the bacteria will destroy the gums artery, and artery damage and dementia related. Bacteria can also cause inflammation, including inflammation and the brain including Alzheimer's disease.

In the UK, patients with Alzheimer's disease, 400,000 people, to understand the causes of Alzheimer's disease may have an important impact on public health. However, British experts pointed out that although the U.S. study is very interesting, but it is not bad oral hygiene cause memory problems of evidence. Rather the decline may begin with the memory of the number of people brush their teeth less.