title: Food and oral health: 2. Periodontium and oral mucosa.
abstract: Dental schools tend to teach only the rudiments of this subject and this does not provide a good basis for dentists to advise patients and combat the misinformation surrounding the topic. The first article in the two-part series examined nutrition as it applies to dental caries, while part two discusses some of the general principles of nutrition in relation to oral health, periodontal disease and the oral mucosa.
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Surgeons, UK.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Speirs
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Beeley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001206:Ascorbic Acid Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D002118:Calcium / Q000172:deficiency; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000172:deficiency; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000150:complications; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D014804:Vitamin B Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D014813:Vitamin K Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D014945:Wound Healing; D015032:Zinc / Q000172:deficiency
chemical_list: D010758:Phosphorus; D015032:Zinc; D002118:Calcium