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These include: absence of oral and maxillofacial chronic pain, oropharyngeal cancer, mouth ulcers, congenital defects such as cleft lip and palate, periodontal disease (including gingivitis and periodontitis), caries (commonly known as worm teeth or tooth decay), tooth loss, and other diseases and dysfunctions affecting the mouth.
In addition to affecting chewing, speech, beauty, etc., oral diseases can also cause social difficulties and psychological disorders.
— Balanced dietary patterns, varied and balanced diets —
Oral diseases share risk factors with many chronic diseases. For example, excessive intake of foods high in sugar, high fat, high salt, and low fiber is not only related to coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, obesity, but also closely related to oral diseases such as caries and periodontal disease.
Establishing a healthy dietary pattern can prevent both systemic and oral diseases. Dietary variability is a basic principle of balanced dietary patterns. It is recommended to eat more grains, vegetables and fruits, these foods rich in vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber are conducive to the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity and other chronic diseases, but also conducive to the development of teeth and the prevention of caries, periodontal disease, dental acid erosion and oral cancer and other common oral diseases.
— Scientific identification of sugars, away from added sugars —
Sugars are divided into non-free sugars and free sugars. Non-free sugars are less harmful to the body and refer to fructose naturally present in fresh fruits, sugars in vegetables, lactose in milk, and starch in cereals and potatoes.
Free sugar is more harmful to the body, often divided into two kinds, one is the sugar present in pure fruit juice, concentrated juice and honey, although it often gives people the impression of "natural" and "healthy", but it is also free sugar. Since the sugar in the whole fruit is wrapped by a layer of plant cell wall, the digestion process is slower, so the fresh and complete fruit is not easy to cause caries, but the fruit becomes free sugar after making juice, and the cariousness will increase. Another kind of free sugar refers to sucrose, glucose and fructose and syrup added to food in food production, preparation and processing, also known as added sugar.
Added sugars are not only found in sweet snacks such as beverages, candy, cakes, biscuits, desserts, honey, syrups, preserves, etc., but may also be hidden in "not sweet" processed foods such as ketchup, yogurt, coffee, puffed foods, sesame paste, walnut powder, plums, and so on. It's worth noting that many commercially available baby foods are highly processed products with a high content of added sugar, so be wary of added sugars that you accidentally eat.
Added sugars are pure energy foods, also known as "empty calorie" foods, excessive intake can reduce the intake and absorption of other low-calorie nutritious foods, disrupt the dietary balance, resulting in excess energy, weight gain, obesity and increased risk of diabetes.
— Drink less carbonated drinks and avoid tooth damage —
Usually the pH value is a direct indicator of the pH of the pH, the critical pH of enamel demining is 5.5, the carbonated beverages, citrus acidic foods have a low pH value and a high sugar content, which can reduce the oral pH value below the critical pH value of enamel demineration, causing direct corrosion and damage to the tooth surface, thus causing acid etching. In addition, these foods can also produce acidic substances through microbial fermentation sugar, causing minerals in tooth enamel to dissolve and trigger caries.
Habits such as excessive intake of sugary and carbonated beverages or drinking before bedtime can significantly increase the risk of acid erosion in children and adolescents. It is recommended to reduce the intake of carbonated drinks to avoid harm to the teeth and choose to replace drinks with water in daily life.
— Eat more fruits and vegetables, reduce tobacco, alcohol and betel nuts —
Fruits and vegetables contain a lot of dietary fiber, and dietary fiber is a very important fiber for the human body, often eat fresh vegetables and fruits rich in calcium, vitamin C, fiber, dairy products and whole grains, can increase chewing activity, reduce plaque retention, promote periodontal health, prevent periodontal disease, and can prevent caries, mucosal disease and oral cancer.
Smoking is the main risk factor for oral cancer, more than 90% of oral cancer patients are smokers, because tobacco and smoke contain a variety of harmful substances can cause and promote cancer. Oral cancers that are easy to cause by drinking alcohol mainly include tongue cancer and base of the mouth, because alcohol is in repeated contact with the mucous membrane at the bottom of the tongue and mouth, causing mucosal burns and increasing the absorption of carcinogens. The higher the alcohol content, the greater the risk of carcinogenesis.
"Betel nut" has been listed by the World Health Organization as a first-class carcinogen, and chewing betel nut is an important risk factor for oral cancer.
Source || China's DISEASE Control Dynamics