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Nutrition
Our nutrition can play an
important role in maintaining good oral health. A proper diet must be balanced
and to include all the main food groups as: fruits and vegetables, milk
products, meat, fish etc. Healthy eating habits
lead to healthy teeth. Like the rest of the body, the teeth, bones and the soft
tissues of the mouth need a well-balanced diet. Children should eat a variety
of foods from the five major food groups. Most snacks that children eat can
lead to cavity formation. The more frequently a child snacks, the greater the chance
for tooth decay is. How long food remains in the mouth also plays a role. For
example, hard candy and breath mints stay in the mouth a long time, which cause
longer acid attacks on tooth enamel. If your child must snack, choose
nutritious foods such as vegetables, low-fat yogurt, and low-fat cheese which
are healthier and better for children’s teeth.
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The dental plaque, the main enemy of your good oral health,
is growing feeding itself from the sugar of your food. Between meals give to
your children fruits, vegetables or cheese instead of cakes or biscuits. They
are both nutritious and safe for the teeth. Control the consumption of sugar.
Healthy nutrition:
1. Avoid foods with high concentration of
sugar (cakes, ice cream, honey...)
2. Prefer foods rich to nutritious ingredients but
without sugar (milk, yoghurt, rice, meat, fish, fruits....)
3. Don't consider sweet only the foods with sweet
taste. Check the concentration of sugar.
4. Don't forget that many refreshments have a high
concentration of sugar.
5. You may consume sweets only at the main meals.
Don't eat sweets between meals. (During meals the saliva production is
increased neutralizing most of the acids. That's why a sweet during meal is
less hazardous than one taken between the meals).
6. It is better to finish your meal with yellow
cheese that helps neutralizing the acids in our mouth, especially after the
consumption of sweet foods.
7. The foods structure is also important
- wet foods act for only a limited amount of time
- tough foods are the safest because they increase the saliva production
and help to the self-cleaning of teeth
- soft and sticky foods are dangerous because they attach and get between
the teeth providing a better environment for the bacteria.
Eat healthy foods:
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Fish
Meat
Fresh milk
Fresh fruit juices Yoghurt
Vegetables
Sugar
substitutes
Nuts Cheese
Fruits
Sugar free gums
Wheat bread
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Avoid this (especially if your oral hygiene habits are not
good):
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Sugar
Honey
Jam
Chocolate Milk with sugar
Gums with sugar
Refreshments with sugar
White
bread Candies
Cake
Ice cream
Biscuits
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