Diet and Nutrition Flashcards
Total oral intake of a substance that provides nourishment .
Nizel (1989)
Diet
the science of food and its relationship to health.
WHO 1971
Nutrition
The science which deals with the study of nutrient and foods and their effects on the nature & function of organism under different condition of age, health & disease.
Nizel(1989)
Nutrition
defined as one which contains a variety of foods in such quantities and proportions that the need for energy, aminoacids, vitamins, minerals, fats,
carbohydrates
Balanced diet
increases a child’s susceptibility to dental caries in the
primary teeth.
Early malnutrition
65-80% of the major nutrients in a complete diet consist of components.
Carbohydrates
7-15% of the major nutrients in a complete diet consist of components.
Proteins
10-30% of the major nutrients in a complete diet consist of components.
Fats/Lipids
What are the micronutrients in a complete diet composed of?
-Vitamins
-Minerals
Stated that if a meal was finished with a salivary stimulant like apple, the
mouth would be kept free of fermentation both by physical cleansing effect of
fibrous food and also because of induced salivary flow.
Pickerill 1923
Stated that
accumulations of fermentable carbohydrate, were the cause of caries and that
such deposits could be removed by eating hard and fibrous foods
Wallance 1902
What are the causes of Increase Susceptibility?
-Fermentable Carbohydrates
-sugars
-sugar/ starch combination
what are the causes of Decrease Susceptibility?
-Proteins
-Fats
-Food with sugar alchohols
-Healthy snacks
A form of fermentable carbohydrate.
Sugars
This is part of Classification of Sugars that is no harm to teeth.
Intrinsic sugars & Milk sugars