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

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 target group...

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Autores principales: Saito, Sho, Ohi, Takashi, Murakami, Takahisa, Komiyama, Takamasa, Miyoshi, Yoshitada, Endo, Kosei, Satoh, Michihiro, Asayama, Kei, Inoue, Ryusuke, Kikuya, Masahiro, Metoki, Hirohito, Imai, Yutaka, Ohkubo, Takayoshi, Hattori, Yoshinori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6102919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30126407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-018-0602-7