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Dental Researchers Make Discovery Regarding Periodontal Diseases and Alzheimer Disease

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

Researchers at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine have discovered a link between Fusobacterium nucleatum , a periodontal pathogen, and the progression of Alzheimer disease. nucleatum exacerbates the signs of the neurodegenerative disease. They found that the pro-inflammatory F.