Researchers at the School of Dentistry, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) were the first to report the link between gum disease and Alzheimer’s disease.
Now two new studies from the same research group at the School of Dentistry demonstrate that progress is being made in making much stronger connections between gum disease in the mouth and deteriorating brain function.
The studies are incredibly timely, as September is the World Alzheimer’s month and September 21 is World Alzheimer’s day. Marking this important awareness day, the two new studies—published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Reports, respectively—give a better understanding of the defining Alzheimer’s disease lesions on the brain: technically known as amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.
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