{"id":112,"date":"2019-02-15T20:27:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T20:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.belchertown-dentist.com\/blog\/?p=112"},"modified":"2019-03-15T20:37:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T20:37:25","slug":"healthy-teeth-healthy-brain-insights-from-a-dentist-in-belchertown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.belchertown-dentist.com\/blog\/healthy-teeth-healthy-brain-insights-from-a-dentist-in-belchertown\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Teeth, Healthy Brain? Insights from a Dentist in Belchertown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We already know that brushing, flossing, and seeing your dentist in Belchertown<\/a> can help you to enjoy better teeth and gums. But recent research says these habits may also reduce your risk for Alzheimer\u2019s. This gives all of us added incentive to safeguard our oral health. The benefits may be greater than anyone previously imagined.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Alzheimer\u2019s is probably as\nold as humanity itself. But it took until 1906 to recognize it as a distinct disorder.\nSince then, science has been struggling for a way to treat this dread condition,\nwhich afflicts almost six million Americans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, researchers though\nthat the key to a cure lay in treating the plaques that typically build up in\nthe brains of Alzheimer\u2019s victims. Recently however, a different theory came to\nlight. Scientists discovered that the bacteria behind gum disease is present in\nmore than 90% of Alzheimer\u2019s patients. This is a powerful indicator that those\ngerms are in fact the true cause of the disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this line of reasoning\nproves true, then it may lead to breakthrough advances in Alzheimer\u2019s therapy. Only\ntime will tell. Meanwhile, here are some things all of us can do to enjoy not\nonly healthier teeth but a better quality of life overall:<\/p>\n\n\n\n