Courtney P. Rudick, RDH-EA, MS, PhD, FADHA, CHES, is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at Idaho State University and director of clinical research at Metro West Orthodontics and Periodontics Clinical Research Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She can be reached at: courtneyrudick@isu.edu.
Understanding the Correlation While the relationship is not causal, the presence of periodontal inflammation may impact the cognitive degeneration associated with Alzheimer’s disease.