Book chapter
Chapter 27 - Lifestyle and Oral Health
Lifestyle Medicine, pp.405-410
Elsevier Inc, Third Edition
2017
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Abstract
While wild animals don't floss, they usually maintain a healthy mouthful of teeth for life. Humans, on the other hand, are lucky to get through life with a full and complete healthy set of teeth, thus suggesting lifestyle factors in their destruction. Poor nutrition, inactivity, smoking, obesity, and diabetes are leading culprits in this demise, leading to the major modern problems of dental decay/erosion and periodontal disease. Early detection by an observant clinician can help prevent and/or reverse these problems.
Details
- Title
- Chapter 27 - Lifestyle and Oral Health
- Creators
- Bernadette DrummondGarry Egger - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Lifestyle Medicine, pp.405-410
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Identifiers
- 991012927083702368
- Copyright
- © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- Academic Unit
- National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter