Oral health: A siloed yet modifiable cognitive impairment risk factor

Special Care in DentistryEarly View LETTER TO THE EDITOR Oral health: A siloed yet modifiable cognitive impairment risk factor Saravana Karthikeyan Balasubramanian, Saravana Karthikeyan Balasubramanian Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSearch for more papers by this authorDivya Vinayachandran, Corresponding Author Divya Vinayachandran [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-7042-6435 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, SRM Kattankulathur Dental College and Hospital, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Correspondence Divya Vinayachandran, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology SRM Kattankulathur Dental College and HospitalSRM Institute of Science and Technology Chennai-603 203, Tamil Nadu, India. Email id: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Saravana Karthikeyan Balasubramanian, Saravana Karthikeyan Balasubramanian Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSearch for more papers by this authorDivya Vinayachandran, Corresponding Author Divya Vinayachandran [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-7042-6435 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, SRM Kattankulathur Dental College and Hospital, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Correspondence Divya Vinayachandran, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology SRM Kattankulathur Dental College and HospitalSRM Institute of Science and Technology Chennai-603 203, Tamil Nadu, India. Email id: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 19 June 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/scd.12895Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. REFERENCES 1Wang M, Sajobi TT, Hogan DB, et al. Expert elicitation of risk factors for progression to dementia in individuals with mild cognitive impairment. Alzheimers Dement. (Online ahead of print). 2023: 1-7. doi:10.1002/alz.12987 2Nakamura T, Zou K, Shibuya Y, Michikawa M. Oral dysfunctions and cognitive impairment/dementia. J Neurosci Res. 2021; 99: 518-528. doi:10.1002/jnr.24745 3Asher S, Stephen R, Mäntylä P, Suominen AL, Solomon A. Periodontal health, cognitive decline, and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022; 70: 2695-2709. doi:10.1111/jgs.17978 4Tang Z, Liang D, Cheng M, et al. Effects of porphyromonas gingivalis and its underlying mechanisms on Alzheimer-like tau hyperphosphorylation in Sprague-Dawley rats. J Mol Neurosci. 2021; 71: 89-100. doi:10.1007/s12031-020-01629-1 5Dominy SS, Lynch C, Ermini F, et al. Porphyromonas gingivalis in Alzheimer's disease brains: evidence for disease causation and treatment with small-molecule inhibitors. Sci Adv. 2019; 5:eaau3333. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aau3333 6Su X, Tang Z, Lu Z, et al. Oral treponema denticola infection induces Aβ1-40 and Aβ1-42 accumulation in the hippocampus of C57BL/6 mice. J Mol Neurosci. 2021; 71: 1506-1514. doi:10.1007/s12031-021-01827-5 7Kobayashi T, Kubota M, Takahashi T, et al. Effects of tooth loss on brain structure: a voxel-based morphometry study. J Prosthodont Res. 2018; 62: 337-341. doi:10.1016/j.jpor.2017.12.007 Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue ReferencesRelatedInformation