Eating your way to a Healthy mouth in South East London

Eating your way to a Healthy mouth in South East London

09 / 10 / 2011

We try, don’t we to look after our mouths as best as we can in south east London. We see the ads and then we go out and buy the products in the hope that our teeth and gums remain at their best. But one important factor to look at as well is what food we are shoving into our mouths each day, because this can also impact on our teeth and gums. The greatest fiends that compact the build up of plaque and add to tooth decay are starch and sugars and if you love both, then you should work doubly hard to ensure that any residue of them is removed after you have enjoyed them. Starch based food breed bacteria very quickly where as sugar based ones attack the enamel on the teeth immediately. There is also another important factor as to why you should keep your diet in check- a good diet will help to keep your immune levels up and then ensure that you have a good saliva level in your mouth. A poor diet will devastate this and leave floundering with the possibility of gum disease. Your dentist can help here and if you have any worries about how you live your life when it comes to food, they can point you towards a nutritionist that can sit you down, talk to you and then get your diet back on track once again.