Dental Status Is Unrelated to Risk of Dementia: A 20‐Year Prospective Study

Conflict of Interest: The editor in chief has reviewed the conflict of interest checklist provided by the authors and has determined that the authors have no financial or any other kind of personal conflicts with this paper. The research of GJB is supported by Grant 2003.01.004 from the Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation and Grant 2010T073 from the Netherlands Heart Foundation. Grant 2003.01.004 was also used for the cognitive assessment in the Hoorn Study. SMH is supported by Internationale Stichting Alzheimer Onderzoek Grant 10506. Author Contributions: Sophie Heringa performed statistical analyses and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Esther van den Berg and Yael Reijmer collected cognitive and anthropomorphic data and questionnaires. Iris Walraven collected fundus photographs. Annette C. Moll graded fundus photographs. Giel Nijpels, Coen Stehouwer, and Jacqueline Dekker were principle investigators of the Hoorn Study. Esther van den Berg, Jacqueline Dekker, L. Jaap Kappelle, and Geert Jan Biessels participated in design of the study and interpretation of data and contributed to the discussion. All authors contributed to and approved the final manuscript. Sponsor’s Role: None. REFERENCES

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