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Gum Disease & Other Mouth Issues and their relation to dementia
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My favorite floss: https://cocofloss.com/ (not an affiliate link, just a fan) Summary: Hepatitis C and herpes simplex virus 2 infections make you more likely to develop dementia. Many people have been infected with these viruses, making them important risk factors for dementia. Having many infections over your lifetime plus gum disease with certain bacteria increases your risk of Alzheimer's disease. Having a lot of infections plus a specific type of gum disease makes racial minorities more likely to get dementia. Serious gum disease can make you more likely to get dementia, but this is mainly true if you haven't had a lot of other infections in your life. This might be because gum disease is a bigger problem for people with weaker immune systems. People with tetanus antibodies are more likely to get Alzheimer's disease. This might be because people who get the tetanus vaccine are also more likely to see a doctor regularly, which means Alzheimer's might be diagnosed more often
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The original research: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39115027/
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