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Regular dental scaling and dementia risk: a nationwide nested case-control study.

BMC oral health · Yeh YT, Shih NC, Wang BY, Yang SF, Wang YH, Yeh CB, Chen YC · 2026-08-17

A large Taiwan database study found that people receiving regular dental scaling had slightly lower odds of developing dementia, with stronger associations observed in those aged 50–64 years and women, though the reduction was modest.

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