Cognitive decline and oral health in middle-aged adults in the ARIC study

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 795-801

  Naorungroj, S ^a,b,c   Slade, G D ^b   Beck, J D ^b   Mosley, T H ^d   Gottesman, R F ^e   Alonso, A ^f   Heiss, G ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; executive function; memory; oral hygiene; periodontitis; tooth loss

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL DEVICE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MEMORY; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTITIS; TOOTH LOSS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTHBRUSHING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84882740679     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022034513497960     Document Type: Article

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