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Nutrition and Oral Bone Status

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Nutrition and Bone Health

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Tooth loss and periodontal diseases are two clinically important outcomes of oral bone loss. They result from the interaction of multiple factors that range from dental care access to genetic factors. However, it is the loss of the toothsupporting bone that is a key diagnostic feature of periodontal disease and a risk factor for tooth loss. Nutritional factors related to bone turnover elsewhere in the body, particularly calcium and vitamin D, have roles in maintaining oral bone, but their importance relative to the inflammatory process that causes periodontal disease is uncertain.

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  1. Elizabeth A. Krall
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  1. Department of Medicine, Dermatology, Physiology, and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Michael F. Holick PhD, MD

  2. Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA

    Bess Dawson-Hughes MD

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Krall, E.A. (2004). Nutrition and Oral Bone Status. In: Holick, M.F., Dawson-Hughes, B. (eds) Nutrition and Bone Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-740-6_8

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