A connection between gum disease and Alzheimer’s Disease? Yes. Bacteria associated with AD (F. nucleatum – also linked to conditions ranging from colorectal cancer to premature delivery of babies.) -- have been isolated in the periodontal pockets and along the nerves extending from teeth to tissues in the brain. When these bacteria are introduced into brain cultures, an abnormal proliferation of immune (microglial) cells results. The over-abundance of immune cells triggers chronic inflammation which appears to be the key determinant in the p
rogressive cognitive decline that occurs during Alzheimer’s disease
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ase and atherosclerosis. And, of course, the operative word in all arterial infections - in fact all systemic infection - is “inflammation.”

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