Researchers from the New York University conducted a meta-analysis based on the data of more than 34,000 participants across six different longitudinal studies and demonstrated a dose-response relationship between tooth loss and decline in cognitive abilities and dementia for the first time. Read this article to gain more insights! A recent meta-analysis study published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association assessed the dose-dependent association between tooth loss and cognitive impairment and dementia.
They included data from longitudinal studies across six different databases exploring the association between tooth loss and dementia or cognitive decline up to March 1, 2020. A random-effects model was used to pool risk estimates, and generalized least square spline models were used to assess the dose-response associations. This study involved 34,074 participants…
