Nizza 230IT–10126 Turin (Italy)
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Naomi Rahman
Department of Oral Surgery, Edinburgh Dental
Institute
Lauriston Building, Lauriston Place
Edinburgh, EH3 9HA (UK)
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Andrew J. Rugg-Gunn
School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University
Morven, Boughmore Road
Sidmouth, EX10 8SH (UK)
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Thiago Saads Carvalho
Department of Restorative,
Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry
University of Bern
Freiburgstrasse 7
CH -3010 Bern (Switzerland)
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Charlotte Simark Mattsson
Department of Cariology, Institute of Odontology
Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg
Box 450, SE-405 30 Gothenburg (Sweden)
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Christina Stecksen-Blicks
Department of Odontology, Pediatric Dentistry, Umeå
University
Tandläkarhögskolan
SE–901 85 Umeå (Sweden)
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Christian Tennert
Zahnmedizinische Kliniken Bern
Klinik für Zahnerhaltung, Präventiv- und
Kinderzahnmedizin, Universität Bern
Freiburgstrasse 7
CH-3010 Bern (Switzerland)
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Ruth A. Valentine
School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4BW (UK)
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Cor van Loveren
Department of Cariology, Endodontology and
Pedodontology
Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA)
Gustav Mahlerlaan 3004
NL–1081 LA Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
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Angus Walls
Department of Oral Surgery, Edinburgh Dental
Institute
Lauriston Building, Lauriston Place
Edinburgh, EH3 9HA (UK)
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Johan P. Wölber
Department of Operative Dentistry and
Periodontology
Medical Center – University of Freiburg Faculty of
Medicine
Hugstetter Str. 55, DE–79106 (Germany)
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Margaret Woodward
The Borrow Foundation
Padnell Grange
Waterlooville PO8 8ED (UK)
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F. Vida Zohoori
School of Health and Social Care, Teesside University
Centuria Building
Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA (UK)
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Oral health matters – an attractive smile, the ability to chew and to talk well and, most importantly, freedom from pain and sepsis. The reality, however, is different – oral diseases are amongst the most prevalent worldwide, and are expensive to treat. This is unacceptable as the causes are well known, and the vast majority of oral diseases are preventable. In common with other non-communicable diseases, causes of oral diseases are intimately related to lifestyle and central to this lifestyle is the foods we purchase and eat. While in some countries malnutrition, or undernutrition, is a major problem, in many middle- and high-income countries, a wide choice of foods is available and affordable. Too many choose unwisely leading to unnecessary morbidity. Reasons for unwise purchase and consumption of foods are complex – availability, price, advertising and promotion, simple to prepare, family and peer pressure, inability to distinguish desirable and undesirable foods, and lack of information. The accuracy of information is of crucial importance and the purpose of this monograph is to provide an up-to-date review of how nutrition and diet impact oral health, and how poor oral health leads to less healthy dietary choices.
The series “Monographs in Oral Science” has a long and impressive history, and this is the 28th publication in this series since it was launched in 1972. In this monograph on nutrition, diet and oral health, there are 14 chapters, divided into 4 parts: background (
