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10/4/2022

WE HAVE ANOTHER REASON TO TAKE CARE OF OUR TEETH

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ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA -- DAILY BRUSHING IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOWER RISK OF DEVELOPING DEMENTIA LATER IN LIFE. THE STUDY WAS PUBLISHED IN THE "JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY".   IT INCLUDED MORE THAN FIVE- THOUSAND PEOPLE WITH AN AVERAGE AGE OF 81.
THEY WERE STUDIED FOR 18- YEARS. DURING THAT PERIOD, MORE THAN 11- HUNDRED OF THEM DEVELOPED DEMENTIA. RESEARCHERS FOUND WOMEN WHO DID NOT BRUSH THEIR TEETH EVERY DAY HAD A 65- PERCENT GREATER CHANCE OF DEVELOPING DEMENTIA THAN THOSE WHO DID. MEN WHO DID NOT BRUSH EVERY DAY HAD A 22- PERCENT GREATER CHANCE OF DEVELOPING DEMENTIA.BUT RESEARCHERS SAY IT REMAINS UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW BRUSHING YOUR TEETH PREVENTS DEMENTIA.

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