Nutrition & Your Smile
A healthy diet can play a big role in keeping your whole body healthy, including your mouth.
Learn how nutrition promotes a healthy smile
A healthy diet plays a big role in keeping a whole body healthy, including keeping teeth clean and gums in good shape. In fact, eating nutritious foods can help prevent cavities, tooth decay and gum disease that can result from improper dental care.
These videos and dental worksheets explain the connection between nutrition and oral health. Learn how to take care of mouths and bodies by eating healthy foods, including snacks, breakfast, lunch, dinner or for special holidays. Discover the nutrients contained in the foods we eat, like phosphorus, calcium and vitamin D, which all work together to ensure a healthy smile.
Also learn about the different food groups and how each one contributes to overall health, like grains, meat, dairy, fruits and vegetables. Find out how things like sugar can impact the health of a smile and use that knowledge to take measures to care for teeth, like limiting the amount of sugar consumed or at the very least, rinsing mouths out when meals are finished to avoid cavities.
Also provided are various recipes, like crafty and delicious treats for Halloween and healthy alternatives for sweet treats. Tips and guides to specific foods aim to help make mindful choices about eating habits and health, like the pros and cons of eating things like ice cream or jerky, or what we should and should not eat when recovering from the removal of wisdom teeth.
For every occasion, learn what’s good for a smile to maintain not just a healthy mouth but healthy body as well, and learn what to do to make already existing favorites into something healthy.
With mindfulness and moderation, learn how to maximize the health of your mouth and body!