Impacto da nutrição na saúde bucal: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

The development of tooth structures, such as enamel and dentin, may have their formation altered for several reasons. Diseases, embryonic malformation and inadequate nutrition are factors that can be harmful for the structures to be completely formed. Dental malformation is a problem that affects many children, and can cause several factors, both during pregnancy and during the child's development. In this way, poor nutrition and lack of intake of foods containing vitamins are necessary for the development of tooth enamel and a rash at the correct age becomes one of the possible problems of dental malformation. Among the deformities most cited in the literature, there are problems in the formation of enamel, especially enamel hypoplasia. Many authors corroborate the idea that nutrition has pre-eruptive and post-eruptive effects, causing odontogenic impact, on oral tissues and also on salivary glands. The aim of this study is to clarify what are the main changes that the lack of essential nutrients can cause in primary teeth during the pre-eruption and post-eruption phase, as well as to report the impacts on soft tissues of the oral cavity and salivary glands. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]