Today in elderly tooth loss and loss of oral function is widespread, but it is an underexplored modifiable risk factor potentially contributing to the development of dementia. In this interventional study a "cause-effect" relationship between mastication and cognition in humans will be investigated. A total of eighty (80) participants, 65-80 years of age, indicated for prosthodontic rehabilitation will be randomly assigned to either the experimental or the control group. Participants will be randomized into two different groups, measurements are going to be conducted before and after prosthetic rehabilitation. The difference between the two groups is that the control group are going to do two measurements before undergoing the rehabilitation, this to control for the test-re-test effect. The aim with this study is to determine if the rehabilitation of chewing function will cause changes in the neurocognitive assessments of episodic memory and learning.
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Change in Brief Visuospatial Memory Test Revised (BVMT-R)
Timeframe: 1: Baseline pre-test. 2: Change pre-test/post-test1, CG 3months after baseline, EG 3months after intervention (Int). 3: Change post-test1/post-test2, CG 3months after Int, EG 1year after Int. 4: Change post-test1/post-test2, CG 1year after Int.