title: [Nutrition and oral health].
abstract: Diet plays a key role in oral disease prevention. The aims of this report were to review the causes and consequences of a poor diet and its interrelationship with oral health. The first signs of micronutrient deficiencies are often manifest in the oral tissues. Consequently, the dentist has a considerable role in the early diagnosis of malnutrition. Furthermore, optimizing oral health is important in maximizing functional capacity to consume a healthful and varied diet. A varied diet is, otherwise, fundamental to save oral health.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Odontostomatologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Stomatologiche G. Messina, Università, Palermo. scardina@odonto.unipa.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe Alessandro
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Scardina
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Messina
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications*; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009909:Oral Health; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000209:etiology*