Vegetarians Should Supplement for Teeth & Gum Health

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Vegetarians and especially Vegans do need to make sure they're getting enough

Vitamin B-12 - Vitamin B-2 - Vitamin D - and Calcium - in their diet to ward off

tooth decay, and gum problems.  These are easy enough too get through

supplementation or correct food choices & sunshine (Vitamin D).

 

 

On the flip-side their is a positive note too teeth & gum health from a veg

diet. See below:

 

{The traditional belief and recent interest in 'natural food' suggests that

fruits and vegetable make a positive contribution in dental health by inhibiting

caries and increasing the resistance of the periodontal tissues.

 

Human dentition is better suited for vegetarian diet. Broad surface molars are

specially suited to chew coarse fibrous food.

 

Most vegetarian foods have a cleansing action. A few gargles after a meal may be

enough to clean the mouth. However, if some fibrous particle remains in between

the teeth (inter dental space) unlike meat fibres, they do not ferment or

traumatize the tissue. Thus brushing morning and night may be enough to prevent

dental problems.

Vegetables and fruits are a very healthy source of natural vitamins like vitamin

C and other minerals.

 

Salivary pH does not change fast and therefore vegetarian food does not

decompose. Salivary pH has an important role to play in oral health. Most dairy

products like milk, butter, and vegetable oil keep saliva almost neutral. Most

vegetables, dry fruits, apples, grapes and bananas may keep saliva slightly

alkaline. Meat, sea food and chicken are acid forming foods. Acidic saliva

normally helps causing dental decay.

Hence, it appears that evidence is strongly in favor of a vegetarian diet. There

seems to be no doubt that the incidence of dental problems is less in a

vegetarian population.}