CRP and periodontitis: Specifically, periodontitis related specific cytokines i.e. IL-6, IL-1, Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), C-reactive protein (CRP), and alpha1-antichymotrypsin, neuropeptides such as insulin-like growth factor-2 (IGF-2), neuropeptide Y, substance P, neurokinin A, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), and a polybacterial pathogenic consortium of porphyromonas gingivalis, tannerella forsythia, and treponema denticola, were involved in the mediation and exacerbation of the associated neuronal cognitive pathologies.