Abstract
Functional Foods: Towards Improving Oral Health
Highlights
There is evidence that certain beverages and foods can protect against caries and gingivitis
Ciric et al the compounds in the LMM fraction from shiitake mushroom inhibited dentin demineralization usually caused by cariogenic bacteria and induced a shift in the microbiota to that associated with oral health; this is shown by E
Canesi et al Efforts to characterize the effect of the chicory and mushroom extracts revealed that the extracts induced elongation of gingivitis-associated bacteria, reminiscent to that induced by sublethal concentrations of quinolones and β-lactam antibiotics; this is discused by C
Summary
There is evidence that certain beverages and foods can protect against caries and gingivitis. Seven plant and fungal homogenates and extracts (green and black tea, cranberry juice, raspberries, shiitake mushrooms, red chicory, and beer) were subjected to a number of microbiological assays broadly related to survival and/or fitness of specific oral bacterial species usually associated with the development of either gingivitis or caries.
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