One in two adults is affected by periodontal disease. Thananit//Adobe Stock
Periodontal disease is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
What if, to have a healthy brain, we took care of our mouth? That’s according to preliminary work presented Thursday at an American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference. It has long been known that poor oral health and gum disease increase the risk of stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. Analyzes of several studies have shown that periodontitis increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by 1.3 times. “But, what is not clear is whether poor oral health affects brain health, i.e. the functional state of a person’s brain”underlines in a press release the author of the study, Cyprien Rivier, doctor of neurology at the Yale Faculty of Medicine, in the United States.
His team therefore took an interest in brains that were apparently healthy, that is to say that had not had a stroke, in people…
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