Tooth-Friendly diet: 10 Foods That Promote Dental Health And Strong Teeth

A diet rich in fresh vegetables, fruits, and wholegrain starches and low in added sugars and fat prevents chronic diseases associated with diet, including oral conditions like dental caries, periodontal infections, and oral malignancy. (Image source: getty images)

Lipids derived from dairy products may have a protective role by creating a coating on enamel surfaces, thereby reducing the demineralization of tooth enamel surfaces. (Image source: getty images)

In children 3–6 years old, a high intake of dairy products, as well as intakes of components of dairy such as dairy calcium, whey, and casein, was associated with less future caries development. (Image source: getty images)

Dairy products such as milk, yoghurt, and cheese are typically considered non-cariogenic, which may be due to the high contents of calcium and phosphate, their high buffering capacity, lactose, casein, and casein phosphopeptides in dairy products. (Image source: getty images)

Black tea extract increases the concentration of fluorine in the plaque and reduces the cariogenicity of a diet rich in sugars. (Image source: getty images)

Peanuts, hard cheeses, and chewing gum are good gustative and mechanical stimulators of salivary secretion. (Image source: getty images)

Wholemeal foods have protective properties as they require more mastication, thus stimulating salivary secretion. (Image source: getty images)

Calcium, phosphorus, and casein contained in cow milk inhibit caries. (Image source: getty images)

Cheese has cariostatic properties. (Image source: getty images)

Increase in the consumption of fibres causes diminution of the absorption of sugars contained in other foods. (Image source: getty images)

Diets characterised by a ratio of many amides to little sugar have very low levels of caries. (Image source: getty images)

Inputs by: Sanchi Tiwari, Nutritionist - Lord's Mark Biotech (Image source: getty images)