Naidoo Sudeshni, Myburgh Neil
Department of Community Oral Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
Matern Child Nutr. 2007 Oct;3(4):312-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00115.x.
Oral health is integral to general health and essential to well-being and quality of life. Socio-behavioural and environmental factors play a significant role in oral disease and oral health. Dental caries is a global disease with few populations exempt from its effects. In developing countries, as development increases so does dental caries and children are at the forefront of the disease disadvantage. There is a growing need to identify high caries risk groups accurately to commence prevention from a young age. The effect of early intervention in childhood on general and dental health with both population and high-risk approaches also needs examining. As an educational tool, the paediatric food-based dietary guidelines may play a significant role in nutrition and oral health interventions. This paper provides information on nutrition, including access to fluoride and use of sugar. Oral health concerns, such as early childhood caries, which are important for the young child, are also discussed.
口腔健康是整体健康不可或缺的一部分，对幸福和生活质量至关重要。社会行为和环境因素在口腔疾病和口腔健康中起着重要作用。龋齿是一种全球性疾病，几乎没有人群能免受其影响。在发展中国家，随着发展水平的提高，龋齿发病率也在上升，儿童是该疾病劣势的前沿群体。越来越需要准确识别高龋齿风险群体，以便从幼年开始进行预防。还需要研究儿童早期干预对总体健康和口腔健康的影响，包括群体和高危人群干预方法。作为一种教育工具，基于食物的儿童膳食指南可能在营养和口腔健康干预中发挥重要作用。本文提供了有关营养的信息，包括氟化物的获取和糖的使用。还讨论了对幼儿很重要的口腔健康问题，如幼儿龋齿。
