Could ill-fitting dentures raise your dementia risk?
Not likelyat least not on their own. But older people who have multiple signs of poorer overall healthlike difficulty hearing, joint problems and ill-fitting denturesmay be more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, researchers say.
Although several age-related health problems are linked to dementiasuch as heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and diabetesthese conditions only partly explain the increase in risk as we get older. And they can’t reliably predict who will develop dementia and who will not.
Some research has suggested that a person’s overall health may provide a clearer indication of their dementia risk.