Bridging Oral Health and Alzheimer’s Risk: The “Mouth to Mind” Project
Steffany Chamut, Bruce A. Dye, Akwaugo Igwe, Spencer Low, Salman Rahman, Hamed Tabkhi, Rhoda Au · 2025
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Description
Steffany Chamut and co-authors described this 2025 project, called Mouth to Mind, linking mouth health to Alzheimer's risk. Oral diseases affect nearly four billion people, and dementia affects tens of millions. Both grow as populations age and keep their teeth longer. The project aims to build a mouth and jaw health check that flags early signs of mental decline.
The team is validating a questionnaire as part of that tool. The first group held 23 adults aged forty and up, drawn from a larger technology feedback study. The group spanned several ethnic backgrounds, with twenty women and three men. The team measures how burdensome the form feels, by timing it and asking what confuses. Early results will shape a low-cost screen for clinics.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Steffany Chamut, Bruce A. Dye, Akwaugo Igwe, Spencer Low, Salman Rahman, Hamed Tabkhi, Rhoda Au |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |