Nutrition Has a Big Effect on Your Oral Health By Dr. Antalis, DDS At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Everyone learns at an early age – usually in the first few grades or levels of primary school – that there is an important relationship between nutrition or what we eat and our oral or dental health. But not everyone knows much about the connection between our food and our teeth – beyond the obvious concept that we need to brush after meals in order to avoid having disease caused by food debris that is trapped in the mouth. However nutrition – including a healthy balanced diet – plays a central role in our oral health.

That’s because the teeth, for example, need to be nourished. They are made of elements including calcium, which most people get through drinking milk or eating other dairy products. You can also get calcium from other sources, including daily multi-vitamin and mineral doses. The teeth also need other types of nutritional substances like iron, protein, and amino acids, too. While these may not seem to be part of the structure of the boney and enamel-covered tooth, they are vital building blocks for such things as blood and tissue. Inside each tooth, after all, there is a pulpy inner core and a root that supplies blood to the tooth and keeps it healthy. If that blood is deficient or the pulpy tissue of the root canal area or the surrounding gums is not healthy and strong, it naturally leads to poor teeth, more infections, and a greater need for additional visits to the dentist.

But maintaining oral health through good nutrition is not a difficult thing to do, and it can be one of the simplest and most automatic ways to take care of our teeth and prevent cavities and infections. Ask your dentist to recommend a basic core diet that includes the kind of nutritional content needed to keep your teeth and gums looking good and staying disease-free. Don’t be surprised or disappointed, though, if he or she tells you that you have to cut back on your intake of so-called junk foods. That’s because things like sugar can have a detrimental impact on the teeth. And keep in mind that food that may taste good but does not have the raw ingredients of a really healthy diet – like many kinds of dessert or snack foods or fast foods – may fill us up while it does not do much for our body in terms of real useful nutrition. That means that it takes away our appetite for good food while it deprives our bodies – and our teeth and gums – of the vital ingredients needed to have excellent oral health. So you may have to cut out some of the inferior types of foods like candy and soft drinks and replace them with fruits, vegetables, and other edibles that really and truly contribute in a desirable way to overall health and fitness – including oral health.

It may take a little getting used to if that means you need to make some rather big or dramatic changes in how you eat, and that is never a lot of fun. But trips to your dentist to have teeth pulled or filled is not exactly fun either. So cut back a little bit on the fun of eating sub-par foods, substitute delicious but healthier nutrition-rich foods, and you will simultaneously be cutting way back on your dreaded dental procedures. That’s a good thing, and makes it well worth a little lifestyle change or dietary upgrade.

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