The Impact of Nutrition on Periodontal Health
Periodontal health has relations with numerous factors like health of the individual, nutrition, oral hygiene, genetic influences and environmental conditions. It’s certain that receiving adequate nutrition has a crucial role in maintaining health, particularly for periodontal health. Healing after periodontal surgery, oral tissue tends to heal itself more effectively than other tissues, although with an aided balanced diet it could be made to progress faster. There is a correlation between tooth loss, periodontal health and nutrition. Moreover bone formation and periodontal regeneration are also affected by vitamins, minerals and trace elements. The aim of this review is to understand the relationship of diet, periodontal health and periodontal healing in a more detailed fashion.