BEAT THE DECAY IN A FOODY FASHION

Authors

  • KEERTHI VENKATESAN Senior Lecturer, Thai Moogambigai Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai, India.
  • MANISH RANJAN Senior Lecturer, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai, India.

Keywords:

Dental caries, green tea, polyphenols, probiotics, streptococcus mutans.

Abstract

Dental  caries  commonly  referred  to  as  tooth  decay  is  a  dynamic,  progressive,  infectious,  diet-dependent  and  most  prevalent  chronic  disease  with  a  global  distribution.  Individuals  of  any  age  are  susceptible  to  this  disease  at  any  point  of  time  throughout  their  life.  This  disease  is  reversible  if  detected  at  the  earliest  possible  stage. Dental  caries  can  be  the  outcome  when  pathological  factors  leading  to  demineralization  exceeds  the  protective  factors  leading  to  remineralization. Research  is  still  being  carried  out  to  increase  the  caries  resistance  of  teeth  and  to  reduce  the  risk  of  cariogenic  bacteria. This  review  focuses  on  various  naturally  occurring  products  which  includes  green  tea,  cranberry,  coffee,  chocolate  and  probiotics  which  are  anticariogenic  nutritionally.

Published

31.03.2015

How to Cite

KEERTHI VENKATESAN, & MANISH RANJAN. (2015). BEAT THE DECAY IN A FOODY FASHION. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 6(1), 343–348. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/3908

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