International Dental Journal. 2001;51(Suppl 1):389-412
Recent decades have seen major improvements in the oral health status of populations in many parts of the world, including Europe. Evidence for these improvements is found in the continuous decline in the prevalence of caries in both children and adolescents. The improved oral health status is usually ascribed to better oral hygiene consciousness in the general public. In the light of these improvements, the Public Health Section of the World Dental Federation and the ILSI Europe Oral Health Task Force jointly organised a symposium on Nutrition, Diet and Oral Health for the 21st Century as a satellite meeting to the world congress of FDI in November 2000.
Dental, nutritional, medical, epidemiological and paediatric experts discussed medical and dental considerations in dietary counseling for overall good health. Topics addressed at the satellite meeting included trends in caries and periodontal health epidemiology, research findings relating to the effects of dietary intakes on oral health, and dietary counselling, highlighting the medical versus dental considerations of nutrition intake. The proceedings of this meeting have been published in the International Dental Journal and include a summary report of the symposium, which incorporates key discussion points that arose after the presentations and during the final panel debate.
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