Keeping your teeth and gums healthy could keep Alzheimer's away

Keep those teeth clean and healthy, as gum disease and tooth loss could be linked to brain shrinkage in the hippocampus, which plays a role in memory and Alzheimer’s disease. — dpa

“Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.”

Words to live by, literally, when Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes was writing Don Quixote in the early 17th century.