Common medical and dental problems of older adults: a narrative review

AKY Chan, M Tamrakar, CM Jiang, ECM Lo… - Geriatrics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The advancement of medicine has reduced the rate of mortality and older adult population is
increasing. Among the 7,700,000,000 world population in 2019, 1 in 11 people were at the …

The possible causal link of periodontitis to neuropsychiatric disorders: more than psychosocial mechanisms

S Hashioka, K Inoue, T Miyaoka, M Hayashida… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Increasing evidence implies a possible causal link between periodontitis and
neuropsychiatric disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and major depression (MD). A …

Variations in the oral microbiome are associated with depression in young adults

B Wingfield, C Lapsley, A McDowell, G Miliotis… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
A growing body of evidence supports an important role for alterations in the brain-gut-
microbiome axis in the aetiology of depression and other psychiatric disorders. The potential …

Depression and lifestyle: focusing on nutrition, exercise, and their possible relevance to molecular mechanisms

H Kunugi - Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Accumulating evidence has suggested the important role of lifestyle factors in depressive
disorder. This paper aimed to introduce and outline recent research on epidemiological and …

Oral health-related multiple outcomes of holistic health in elderly individuals: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

F Liu, S Song, X Ye, S Huang, J He, G Wang… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background and aims Along with an aging population, exploring the impact of oral health on
holistic health and determining exact outcomes in elderly individuals are important in both …

Causal effect of tooth loss on depression: evidence from a population-wide natural experiment in the USA

Y Matsuyama, H Jürges, M Dewey… - … and psychiatric sciences, 2021 - cambridge.org
AimsDepression severely affects people's health and well-being. Oral diseases have been
suggested to be associated with depression, but so far, there is no causal evidence. This …

Mental health and oral health in a nationally representative cohort

A Kalaigian, BW Chaffee - Journal of Dental Research, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Evidence connects mental illness to other adverse health conditions, including oral health.
However, longitudinal associations between mental and oral health remain understudied …

[HTML][HTML] Depression, periodontitis, caries and missing teeth in the USA, NHANES 2009–2014

M Aldosari, M Helmi, EN Kennedy… - Family medicine and …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose This study aimed to investigate the association between self-reported depressive
symptoms and oral diseases in US adults, including periodontitis, caries, missing teeth and …

[HTML][HTML] Improving oral health of older adults for healthy ageing

AKY Chan, CH Chu, H Ogawa, EHH Lai - Journal of Dental Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The objective of this article is to discuss the importance of oral health in achieving healthy
ageing and the role of all stakeholders in improving oral health for older adults. The World …

No bidirectional relationship between depression and periodontitis: A genetic correlation and Mendelian randomization study

M Nolde, B Holtfreter, T Kocher, Z Alayash… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Observational and in-vivo research suggested a bidirectional relationship
between depression and periodontitis. We estimated the genetic correlation and examined …