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Toothless teeth can cause dementia!
August 5, 2011 | 
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Easily forgotten is typical symptoms of dementia in people is caused by damage to brain cells. But before symptoms appear, the damage has already begun. Tooth loss in adults is often marks the beginning of the decline of brain function.
Unlike the milk teeth in children, the permanent teeth in adults would not date itself but rather triggered something else. One of the factors that trigger tooth is a problem with the teeth, gums and mouth.
Neuroscientists from Japan, Dr. Nozomi Okamoto in latest research reveal that the health condition of the gums that is the cause of tooth loss is closely associated with the risk of dementia. He concluded that after examining 6000 elderly 65 years old and over.
Infections that occur in the gums can lead to certain compounds that trigger inflammation. These compounds can be carried by the bloodstream to other places including the brain and cause inflammation in the network. Inflammation that occurs in brain tissue can cause the death of nerve cells are almost entirely centered there. Damage to the nerves of memory and cognitive impairment is a major cause of dementia in adults and the elderly.
Dr. Nozomi reveal, elderly people who have teeth that are still incomplete have the lowest risk for having dementia. In contrast, the elderly who have no teeth or have lost some of his teeth have high risk to become senescent more rapidly.
“The loss of receptors around the teeth closely related to the death of certain neurons in the brain, which will trigger a decline in cognitive function,” said Dr. Nozomi as quoted from HealthDay, Wednesday (04/01/2011). ”
Results were published in the journal Behavioral and Brain Functions some time ago
Dental Care for babies
Generally, dental diseases and disorders in children is one of the disturbances in the process of growth and development. Since baby teeth begin to grow, parents must take responsibility to clean their baby teeth. Although children’s teeth are just baby teeth whose existence is only temporary, but the health of milk teeth affect the dental health of children in the future. Therefore, as parents need to know how to care for your child’s teeth as a baby in the right way, for oral health of children is resolved.
How to care for the baby’s mouth at the age of 0-6 months:
1. Clean your baby’s gums with a damp cloth, at least twice a day
2. Do not allow your baby to sleep while drinking milk with a bottle of milk.
3. Finished breastfeeding, remember to clean the baby’s mouth with a damp cloth
4. Do not add a sweet taste in the bottle of milk with honey or something sweet.
How to care for the baby’s mouth and teeth at the age of 7-12 months:
1. Ask your pediatrician or your dentist if your baby is getting enough fluoride
2. Remember to clean your baby’s mouth with a damp cloth (not wet at all), after feeding.
3. Do not let the baby sleep with a bottle of milk (while drinking milk from a bottle) except water.
4. Give the baby water if you want to drink milk beyond schedule
5. When teeth begin to grow, start clean with a damp cloth. Clean every surface of the tooth and gum line between teeth with him carefully, because the food was often left on the surface.
6. When baby teeth begin to grow, start using a small toothbrush with soft surface and the nylon material.
7. Do not use toothpaste and remember to always wet the toothbrush with water.
8. Check with your child’s teeth to the dentist, after 6 months from the first tooth erupts, or when age children a year.
How to care for the baby’s mouth and teeth at the age of 13-24 months:
1. Begin introducing fluoride toothpaste
2. Do not let the child sleep with a bottle of milk (while drinking milk from a bottle), except water.
3. Use a pea-sized toothpaste green.
4. Brush teeth at least twice a day (after breakfast and before bed at night)
5. Use a soft toothbrush from nylon material.
6. Replace toothbrushes every three months or when the brush hairs are damaged.
7. Be a role model by practicing good oral health habits maintain and perform routine checks to the dentist every 6 months.
8. Familiarize children to eat healthy snacks such as fresh fruit and fresh vegetables.
9. Avoid snacks that contain sugar.
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nutritious vegetables and fruits
We may have heard the old advice that eating an apple every day can prevent you from disease. The same benefits also apply if you are diligent eating red colored vegetables and fruits such as strawberries, cherries, raspberri, watermelon, tomatoes or other types.
According to nutrition experts, nearly all red-colored fruits and vegetables contain substances vital for the body, ranging from vitamins to make healthy antioxidants such as lycopene and anthocyanins. Two of these antioxidants can protect against the risk of degenerative diseases such as heart disease, prostate cancer, stroke and other.
To stay healthy start eating fruits and vegetables regularly. Here is a red fruit or vegetables that you should enter in the diet list:
1. Strawberries. One of the best sources of vitamin C. The fruit is also rich in folate which helps maintain cardiovascular health and women in times of childbirth.
2. Cherry. The fruit is rich in fiber found on the skin. Cherries also contain vitamin C and potassium which is able to maintain blood pressure under normal conditions.
3. Cranberri. The fruit is able to kill cancer cells. Red-colored fruit is also able to prevent bacteria from sticking to the walls of the urinary tract and even prevent H. pylori bacteria attached to the wall of the stomach and cause ulcers. Nutrition is able to prevent it sticking mechanism called proanthocyanidins.
4. Tomatoes. This fruit contains vitamin C and potassium. Tomatoes are also the best source of lycopene, which is indicated can prevent prostate cancer. There are also studies linking lycopene to the prevention of breast cancer.
5. Raspberri. This fruit has a high fiber content that can lower bad cholesterol (LDL).
6. Watermelon. Many contain water, fruit is an important source of lycopene.
7. Pink Grapefruit. When you buy this fruit, choose the color pink because of higher antioxidant levels. The fruit is also the best source of pectin which can lower cholesterol.
8. Red Peper. This vegetable is a source of vitamin A which is phenomenal. The benefits will be felt for the treatment of skin, bones and teeth. Many do not know that these vegetables also contain vitamin C as oranges.
9. Bit. Vegetables that come from these bulbs have a lot of valuable content such as folate, lycopene and anthocyanins.
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