La masticación, su relación con la disfunción cognitiva y la rehabilitación oral como una medida preventiva

Abstract

Cognitive dysfunction is the loss of memory gradually, it is very likely that it will become dementia,
and evolve into other neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, this is done irreversibly, so
finding a way to treat or prevent them cognitive dysfunctions, are important both for the health of the
person, as well as for the family economy and the country. For this literature review, the following
databases were consulted: PubMed, Scopus and ScienceDirect, as keywords terms from the Descriptor in Health Sciences (DeCs) were used such as: Chewing, mastication, oral rehabilitation and
cognitive dysfunction, combined with the Boolean operators OR, AND, NOT, selecting the combination with the best results. A total of 168 articles were reviewed, of which 31 met all the inclusion
criteria, 31 being in the English language. Increasingly in the world, more adults suffer from cognitive
deficiencies and many times it can be associated with edentulism, tooth loss, periodontitis, which
affect chewing. Oral rehabilitation could be essential for the restoration of mastication and could be
a measure for the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.