Fewer teeth linked to poor memory: New study

Fewer teeth linked to poor memory: New study

Looking at 273 people ages 55 and older‚ the researchers found

 a modest but significant relationship between a person's number

 of natural teeth.

According to a new study‚ people who have fewer

 natural teeth perform poorly on memory tests.

Looking at 273 people ages 55 and older‚ the

 researchers found a modest but significant 

relationship between a person's number of natural 

teeth and his or her performance on memory tests.

In other words‚ it wasn't simply that both teeth and

 memory abilities tend to disappear with age.