What Role Does Nutrition Play in Dentistry?
By Seymour L. Gottleib, DDS Foods make various contributions to many areas of oral problems and growth development. In dental caries, the frequency and consistency (and nature of) the carbohydrate taken in affects the kind of bacteria present. The more adherent the food is and the greater the fermentable carbohydrate, the greater is the opportunity to form decay. Our diet directly affects the formation of tooth-adhering plaque, the substance produced by certain bacteria when they break carbohydrates down to polysaccharides. These by-products are not water-soluble and must be mechanically removed daily by flossing and brushing. You cannot get decay without food as tube-fed experimental animals formed no cavities even with plaque present. Our diet directly affects the formation of tooth-adhering plaque, the substance produced by certain bacteria . . . These by-products are not water-soluble and must be mechanically removed daily by flossing and brushing.
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