Dental Medicine and Orthodontics

Nutrition and Oral Health

Realization of Dental health is more important. In this nutrition plays a big role. Our diet influences how our teeth develop. What we eat plays a role in maintaining dental health. Proper nutrition means eating a well-balanced diet so that your body can get the nutrients needed for good health. If a low nutritious food is preferred, your mouth may have a more difficult time resisting infection. This may lead to periodontal disease, a major cause of tooth loss in adults. Although periodontal diseases are indirectly caused by poor nutrition, it is believed that the disease progresses faster causing severe complications in people with poor nutrient diets.

The potential cause of dental caries is the consumption of sugar-containing foods and drinks. Poor diet also affects immune system functioning and people with lowered immunity have been shown to be at increased risk of gum disease. The increased susceptibility to gum disease is likely due to a decreased ability to resists periodontal pathogens.