Association between tooth loss and cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older Japanese adults: a 4-year prospective cohort study from the Ohasama study

• Hoofdauteurs: Sho Saito (Auteur), Takashi Ohi (Auteur), Takahisa Murakami (Auteur), Takamasa Komiyama (Auteur), Yoshitada Miyoshi (Auteur), Kosei Endo (Auteur), Michihiro Satoh (Auteur), Kei Asayama (Auteur), Ryusuke Inoue (Auteur), Masahiro Kikuya (Auteur), Hirohito Metoki (Auteur), Yutaka Imai (Auteur), Takayoshi Ohkubo (Auteur), Yoshinori Hattori (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Numerous prospective studies have investigated the association between the number of remaining teeth and dementia or cognitive decline. However, no agreement has emerged on the association between tooth loss and cognitive impairment, possibly due to past studies differing in targ...