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Our sample included 2927 edentulous and 12,857 dentate older adults without baseline dementia. We used Coarsened Exact Matching to balance socioeconomic factors between edentulous and dentate participants. Fine-Gray competing risk models were used to estimate associations between edentulism and the risk of all-cause dementia (ACD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), with analyses stratified by baseline cognition (normal cognition versus cognitive impairment, no dementia [CIND]).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Edentulism was significantly associated with a 21% higher risk of ACD in the total cohort (subdistribution hazard ratio (sHR) 1.21; 95% CI 1.12\u20131.32), consistent across normal cognition (sHR 1.21; 95% CI, 1.07\u20131.36) and CIND (sHR 1.22; 95% CI, 1.04\u20131,43) groups. For AD, edentulism was associated with a 33% higher risk in the total cohort (sHR 1.33; 95% CI 1.10\u20131.62). This association was pronounced among cognitively normal individuals (sHR, 1.69; 95% CI, 1.26\u20132.28) but not CIND group (sHR 1.18; 95% CI 0.81\u20131.72).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Edentulism is independently associated with an increased risk of incident ACD, irrespective of baseline cognitive status. Its association with AD is specific to cognitively normal individuals, highlighting a potential window for oral health interventions in dementia prevention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/13872877261424215","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,11]],"date-time":"2026-03-11T12:19:28Z","timestamp":1773231568000},"page":"1458-1473","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Edentulism and risk of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer's disease: A competing risk analysis by cognitive status"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"110","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4861-7160","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ruotong","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3958-8609","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiang","family":"Qi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5144-3210","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Huabin","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"East Carolina University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1981-4691","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yunrui","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4044-9609","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhijing","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3286-3225","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jessica","family":"Zwerling","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Saul R. 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