>> DeMarco: BACK NOW WITH AMERICA'S FAVORITE DR., >> DeMarco: BACK NOW WITH AMERICA'S FAVORITE DOCTOR, DR. E >> DeMarco: BACK NOW WITH AMERICA'S FAVORITE DOCTOR, DR. AMERICA'S FAVORITE DOCTOR, DR. ASHTON. ASHTON. THERE'S A STUDY ON ABOUT HOW THERE'S A STUDY ON ABOUT HOW YOUR TEETH WITH AFFECT YOUR YOUR TEETH WITH AFFECT YOUR BRAIN? BRAIN? >> Dr. Jen: THERE WERE >> Dr. Jen: THERE WERE STATISTICS FROM THAT, BUT IT'S STATISTICS FROM THAT, BUT IT'S JAW-DROPPING. JAW-DROPPING. PARDON THE PUN, BUT IT'S PARDON THE PUN, BUT IT'S CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN ORAL CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN ORAL HEALTH. HEALTH. THIS IS NOT JUST OUR DEN TIGS THIS IS NOT JUST OUR DEN TIGS AND THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF AND THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR TEETH, BUT GUM DISEASE, PER OUR TEETH, BUT GUM DISEASE, PER CONTINUAL DISEASE WHICH IS THE CONTINUAL DISEASE WHICH IS THE MOST COMMON INFLAMMATORY MOST COMMON INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF ADULTS IN THIS CONDITION OF ADULTS IN THIS COUNTRY AND WORLDWIDE, AND THE COUNTRY AND WORLDWIDE, AND THE LINK TO ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA LINK TO ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT. WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT. AGAIN, THIS IS BASED ON AGAIN, THIS IS BASED ON OBSERVATION AND ASSOCIATION NOT OBSERVATION AND ASSOCIATION NOT YET CAUSE AND EFFECT ALTHOUGH YET CAUSE AND EFFECT ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME PLAUSIBLE THERE IS SOME PLAUSIBLE MECHANISM IF YOU WILL THAT MECHANISM IF YOU WILL THAT BACTERIA WHICH WE ALL HAVE IN BACTERIA WHICH WE ALL HAVE IN OUR MOUTH, THAT SEEDS OUR GUMS OUR MOUTH, THAT SEEDS OUR GUMS AND THEN FINDS ITS WAY TO OUR AND THEN FINDS ITS WAY TO OUR BLOODSTREAM, THAT IT CAN THEN BLOODSTREAM, THAT IT CAN THEN AFFECT COGNITIVE DECLINE AS WE AFFECT COGNITIVE DECLINE AS WE AGE. AGE. I KNOW. I KNOW. ACCORDING TO A 2022 WORLD HEALTH ACCORDING TO A 2022 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORT, ABOUT 19% ORGANIZATION REPORT, ABOUT 19% OF PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 15 OF PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 15 AROUND THE WORLD HAVE PERIA AROUND THE WORLD HAVE PERIA CONTINUAL DISEASE. CONTINUAL DISEASE. THAT'S MORE THAN 1 BILLION THAT'S MORE THAN 1 BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. BOTTOM LINE HERE, OUR HEALTH OF BOTTOM LINE HERE, OUR HEALTH OF OUR MOUTHS IS THE WINDOW INTO OUR MOUTHS IS THE WINDOW INTO OUR OVERALL HEALTH AND OUR OVERALL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, AND WHEN YOU TALK WELL-BEING, AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT CAN PROTECT ABOUT ANYTHING THAT CAN PROTECT OUR BRAIN HEALTH OVER THE SPAN OUR BRAIN HEALTH OVER THE SPAN OF OUR LIFETIMES, THIS IS OF OUR LIFETIMES, THIS IS IMPORTANT. IMPORTANT. BECOME BEST FRIENDS WITH YOUR BECOME BEST FRIENDS WITH YOUR DENTIST, YOU GUYS. DENTIST, YOU GUYS. IT'S NOT JUST A ONCE A YEAR IT'S NOT JUST A ONCE A YEAR VISIT AND MORE PEOPLE NEED VISIT AND MORE PEOPLE NEED ACCESS TO THAT. ACCESS TO THAT. >> Eva: YOU'RE SAYING THAT >> Eva: YOU'RE SAYING THAT TIKTOK PURCHASE I MADE OF THE TIKTOK PURCHASE I MADE OF THE WATER PICK WAS ACTUALLY A GREAT WATER PICK WAS ACTUALLY A GREAT THING? THING? >> Dr. Jen: THAT'S GOOD. >> Dr. Jen: THAT'S GOOD. >> DeMarco: THEY ACTUALLY WORK? >> DeMarco: THEY ACTUALLY WORK? >> Eva: I WAS SEEING THE WATER >> Eva: I WAS SEEING THE WATER PICK EVERYWHERE. PICK EVERYWHERE. EVERYONE WAS WATER PICKING THEIR EVERYONE WAS WATER PICKING THEIR TEETH. TEETH. >> Dr. Jen: FLOSSING, GETTING >> Dr. Jen: FLOSSING, GETTING REGULAR CLEANINGS AND IF YOU ARE REGULAR CLEANINGS AND IF YOU ARE NOTICING YOUR GUMS BLEEDING, YOU NOTICING YOUR GUMS BLEEDING, YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR DENTIST. WANT TO SEE YOUR DENTIST. >> DeMarco: