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5 Ways Vitamins & Minerals Can Affect Your Teeth

If you’re looking to get healthy teeth and gums, you may need to incorporate specific vitamins and minerals into your diet. Vitamins and minerals are known to be building blocks that are essential to keeping good oral health.

Having proper nutrition that consists of healthy and balanced meals will supply your body with the nutrients that it needs for overall health. If you have poor nutrition, it can make it hard for your mouth to resist infection as well as it would if it had proper amounts of vitamins and minerals to help protect your oral health.

What Vitamins You Should Start to Include:

Knowing that the root of poor dental health is bad hygiene and an unbalanced diet, we recommend that you include more food containing teeth-healthy supplements. When keeping your teeth healthy, try to reach for the following vitamins and minerals:

Vitamin A

This vitamin helps keep mucous membranes healthy. It will indirectly affect your mouth in preventing dry mouth and supporting the health of soft tissues.

Calcium

Calcium is one of the best minerals for your teeth. We all know that calcium is great for bones, and, therefore, this mineral will help strengthen your enamel and the jawbone.

Phosphorus

Out of all of the minerals found in the body, phosphorus is one of the most plentiful in the body. This mineral is, in fact, a crucial element in tooth enamel. Phosphorus will work with other minerals, including calcium, to keep the jawbone healthy.

Vitamin C

Including Vitamin C in your diet will strengthen the gums and protect them against gingivitis, which is the earliest stage of gum disease.

Potassium

To improve bone mineral density, try to include potassium. This mineral will also work to prevent blood from becoming acidic, which can poorly affect the teeth.

Learn More

If you have any questions about how vitamins and minerals can affect your health, please contact Dr. Pollock at Rockwall Oral Surgery. We’d love for you to give us a call today at (469) 264-8921 or reach us via email at info@dentalimplantsurgery.com. If necessary, please schedule an appointment or consultation.