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Chronic kidney disease may be tied to higher risk for tooth loss

Editor — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:59:35 +0000

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) appears to be associated with a higher risk of tooth loss, with a higher prevalence of CKD seen among individuals with fewer than 20 teeth, according to researchers in South Korea. As described in a study published in Renal Failure, a team from the Chonnam National University used data from the Korea […]

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Denture use tied to better cognitive health in older adults with partial tooth loss

Editor — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 22:48:55 +0000

Denture use may help protect against cognitive decline in older adults with partial tooth loss, according to a US study. A team from the New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing in New York City, and colleagues investigated the relationship between denture use and cognitive decline among Chinese older adults with tooth loss, publishing their findings […]

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Study finds ‘significant link’ between tooth loss and fatal heart disease

Editor — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 22:51:40 +0000

US researchers have found “significant” evidence linking tooth loss to an increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD). Moreover, those with several lost teeth face an even higher chance of dying from heart disease. The team from Case Western Reserve University conducted an exhaustive literature review—scouring more than a dozen respected scholarly research journals to see whether […]

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Hidden challenges of tooth loss and dentures revealed in new study

Editor — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 23:16:59 +0000

A new study by researchers in the UK has highlighted the emotional struggles and hidden challenges patients experience when having dentures fitted. This is the first study to map out the patient journey and how this experience can affect the overall success of the treatment. The study by researchers at the University of Sheffield’s Healthy […]

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Researchers link tooth loss to increased obesity risk

Editor — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 22:56:34 +0000

An analysis of medical records from 1765 older adults by researchers in the US showed that patients with at least 21 teeth were more likely to maintain a healthy body weight than patients with fewer teeth. Each additional missing tooth correlated with a two per cent increase in the likelihood of obesity, and each missing […]

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Study suggests poor oral health could lessen survival from head and neck cancer

Editor — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 23:51:36 +0000

An international study has revealed strong associations between oral health and survival among people diagnosed with head and neck cancer. Specifically, better oral health, as evidenced by the number of natural teeth and dental visits prior to the time of diagnosis, was associated with increased survival. Importantly, those who had more frequent dental visits were […]

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Taking good care of your teeth may be good for your brain, study suggests

Editor — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:37:32 +0000

Taking good care of your teeth may be linked to better brain health, according to research in Japan. The study by a team at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan—and published in Neurology—found that gum disease and tooth loss were linked to brain shrinkage in the hippocampus, which plays a role in memory and Alzheimer’s disease. The […]

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Poor oral health tied to higher risk for Ménière’s disease

Editor — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 22:46:26 +0000

Poor oral health may increase the incidence of Ménière’s disease, according to a Korean study. A team from Mokdong Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, examined the association between oral health and Ménière’s disease, publishing their findings in the Journal of Personalized Medicine. Participant data were retrieved from the National Health Insurance Database of the Korean National Health Insurance Service. […]

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Identifying the risk factors for tooth loss

Editor — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 00:41:22 +0000

With currently available treatment options for periodontitis often proving inadequate, there is a pressing need to understand the beginning and development of the disease better. Now researchers from Okayama University, Japan, reveal insightful findings that could provide new directions to the treatment strategies for periodontitis and resulting tooth loss. The physiology of an individual directly affects […]

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Tooth loss associated with increased cognitive impairment and dementia

Editor — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 01:01:24 +0000

Tooth loss is a risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia—and with each tooth lost, the risk of cognitive decline grows, according to a new analysis led by US researchers. However, this risk was not significant among older adults with dentures, suggesting that timely treatment with dentures may protect against cognitive decline. Prior studies show […]

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Tooth loss may affect ability to carry out everyday tasks

Editor — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 23:00:00 +0000

Older adults with more natural teeth are better able to perform everyday tasks such as cooking a meal, making a telephone call, or going shopping, according to Japanese research. The study by researchers from UCL and the Tokyo Medical and Dental University—and published in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society—analysed data from 5631 adults from the […]

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Tooth loss may indicate malnutrition

Editor — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:51:06 +0000

Older adults are at risk for both impaired oral health and malnutrition, according to a study by Rutgers University researchers. The US study, recently published in the Journal of Aging Research and Clinical Practice, analysed the health records of 107 community-dwelling senior citizens treated at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine clinic in New Jersey […]

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Tooth loss risk linked to bigger families

Editor — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 02:42:04 +0000

Having a larger family is connected to a heightened tooth loss risk for mothers, suggest the results of a European study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. The popular saying: ‘gain a child, lose a tooth’ suggests that fertility may be linked to tooth loss, but there are no hard data to […]

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Ancient fish illuminates childhood mystery

Editor — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 00:18:03 +0000

Remember losing your milk teeth? After a lot of wiggling the tooth finally fell out. But in your hand was only the enamel-covered crown; the entire root of the tooth had somehow disappeared. In a paper published this month in Nature, researchers from Uppsala University and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in France describe how […]

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Proof that functional older adults also have their teeth

Editor — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 01:25:00 +0000

It has been thought that maintaining good oral health may help older adults prevent a variety of health problems and disabilities. However, the effect of tooth loss on physical or cognitive health and wellbeing has been largely unknown. Until now. In a study published in this month’s Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, researchers explored […]

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Scientists discover possible new weapon in the fight against gum disease

Editor — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 04:00:07 +0000

If you hate going to the dentist, here is some good news. New research published online in The FASEB Journal shows that hormone therapy may effectively control the inflammation that often occurs in gum tissue. Such inflammation, when unchecked, accelerates tooth and bone loss. “Controlling inflammation during gum disease is a key step to avoid […]

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Loss of multiple teeth sign of stroke damage

Editor — Wed, 18 May 2016 22:10:46 +0000

A new study at the University of Hong Kong’s faculty of dentistry has uncovered that loss of multiple teeth and contraction of associated oral diseases may be a sign of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) in stroke patients. The study evaluated 161 patients with acute ischemic stroke comparing cognitive function with oral health. The researchers found […]

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Tooth loss linked to slowing mind, body

Editor — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:16:54 +0000

The memory and walking speeds of adults who have lost all of their teeth decline more rapidly than in those who still have some of their own teeth, finds new UCL research. The study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, looked at 3,166 adults aged 60 or over from the English Longitudinal […]

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Tooth loss risk quantified in post-menopausal women

Editor — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:32:39 +0000

New research forecasts that over one in four post-menopausal women are likely to suffer from tooth loss over a five year period. A study (read it here) of over 1,000 post-menopausal women indicates that around one in four are likely to suffer tooth loss over a five year period, and the risk increases to nearly […]

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