Category: Neuroscience

8 Ways Decent Dental Care Defies Dementia

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

Chewing preserves learning ability and spatial memory to maintain brain health and prevent dementia There is a special relationship between chewing and brain functions. As people grow older, memory loss can happen. This is not only due to the passage of time but is related to the loss of teeth and subsequent chewing dysfunction. To…

The Plastic Brain

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

Plasticity is the ability of a solid material to deform secondary to external stress and retain its functionality. Just like when you throw a plastic ball. It may deform as it hits the floor, but as it regains its shape in a microsecond, it bounces back in its original form. Before 1950, there was no…