CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING CHILDREN’S NUTRITION IN PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

Authors: Veronica PINTILICIUC-ŞERBAN, Carmen SAVIN, Carina Balcoş, Aris PRISECARIU- RADOS, Andra Claudia GAMEN, Ana PETCU

Abstract:

Nutrition may act both systematically and locally in relation to dental caries. The basis of our dietary choices and thus our nutritional status is established early in life. It follows that food choices and dietary patterns initiated in childhood can affect our health and well-being at every stage of life. Dental caries and periodontal diseases are a sensitive alarm bell for an unhealthy diet. An optimal nutrition and diet have a great influence upon oral health, thus the paediatric dentists have a very large responsibility for the promotion of healthy nutritional habits.

Keywords:
  • Child
  • Dental Caries
  • nutrition
  • teeth