Question

Q:How does diet affect oral health? Support your answer with examples.

Please Avoid Plagiarism , Don't use handwriting. Please Do not copy and paste

Due Date: October 10, 2020

It should short essay (250-500 words)

Pleas include APA References

Answer 1

Nutrition have an important role in maintaining oral health. A good diet plan improves the oral health. Poor diet leads to gum disease and tooth decay. The tooth decay forms because of the consumption of carbohydrates products such as sweets, sugars,cookies, cakes, snacks with starches etc. These are attacks the tooth enamel, breakdown occurs and forming a cavity.

Food that impairs the oral health

The carbohydrate rich foods like candy, sweets, cake and snacks have emoty caloric value and it adversely affects the oral health.

Foods for good oral health

• The fiber-rich foods such as fruits and vegetables are good for oral health. It contains fibres helps to clean the gums.
• Sugarless chewing gum provides cleanliness and hygeinic odour to the mouth.
• Foods with fluoride are grapes, wine, black tea, potatoes, drinking water. These foods promote the healthy teeth and gums.

Vitamins and minerals

• Vitamin C, Iron, Vitamin D and calcium are great for oral health.
• Increase the intake of these vitamin containing foods.
• The calcium rich foods are fat free milk, yogurt, cheese, almonds, dark green leafy vegetables etc. The vitamin C rich foods are fruits, tomato, potato, cabbage, leafy vegetables etc. Iron rich foods are red meat, seafood, beans, green leafy vegetables, dried fruits, peas etc. Vitamin D containing foods are mushroom, egg yolks, fatty fish and sea foods.

Promotion of oral health

• Maintain oral hygeine by daily brushing and flossing twice a day. It helps to keep the bacteria under control and prevention of oral infections. there by the oral health improves.
• Salt solution helps to kill bacteria on the surface of the gums, teeth and throat.

Rferences

• Molly Sam, N Geetha, Text book of nutrition, Jaypee publishers
• www.mouthhealthy.org