5 May

Tooth Loss and Periodontal Disease May Cause Cognitive Decline

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Researchers at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine link tooth loss and periodontal disease to cognitive decline in a study released in this month’s issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

The study by Dr. Elizabeth Krall Kaye followed 597 men ages 28 to 70 for up to 32 years and looked for patterns in dental records to determine if periodontal disease and tooth loss predicted whether people…

3 Feb

Kids more likely to visit the dentist if their parents do

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Whether or not children receive regular dental care is strongly associated with their parents’ history of seeking dental care according to a report in the journal Pediatrics.

“When parents don’t see the dentist, their children are much less likely to see the dentist,” says Inyang Isong, MD, MPH, of the MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, the study’s lead author. “We also found that the…