{"id":8297,"date":"2026-08-19T19:58:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/jansaghi-kveba-kbilebistvis\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:58:38","slug":"jansaghi-kveba-kbilebistvis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/en\/jansaghi-kveba-kbilebistvis\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Eating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most people don’t think about how big a role the mouth plays until a problem arises. In fact, our mouth performs many complex, vital operations. For the same reason, it can be the source of many problems.

The digestive tract begins with the mouth – that is its most important function. The teeth bite and chew food, the tongue tastes it, and saliva helps partially digest food and swallow it. In recent years, attention has also turned to the mouth’s other important functions, since today’s food no longer requires much grinding and processing.
For example, our senses play an important role, and delicious food can bring some of life’s best moments. But the mouth also has a social function: it’s hard not to appreciate a dazzling \u201cHollywood smile\u201d.

In fact, as it performs all the functions listed above, the mouth turns out to be one of the most important organs of the human body, and any disruption to its work can cause a lot of trouble. To avoid these problems, we need at least a little understanding of the mouth and how to care for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Proper nutrition plays an important role in preventing caries. It ensures that teeth form properly and are resistant to caries. A rational diet is linked to the mouth’s self-cleaning and to avoiding the harmful effects of carbohydrates. For teeth to form resistant to caries, quality food in sufficient quantity is essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Principles of a rational diet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Adequate quantity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Adequate quality. The right balance of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, sufficient essential amino acids, the right combination of plant and animal fats, and along with carbohydrates, a sufficient amount of easily digestible sugars. The required amounts of macro- and microelements. Proper cooking of food, preserving all its useful elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Following a proper eating routine (variety, temperature and the aesthetics of eating)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The digestion, breakdown and absorption of food depend on balanced food products. Protein digestion depends on the amino acid content; mineral digestion depends on how calcium, phosphorus and magnesium relate to each other and to fatty acids; and vitamin digestion depends on the presence of the right solvent.

The protein requirement is 80-120 g per day (1.3-1.6 g\/kg of body weight for adults and 2.4-4 g\/kg for children; for pregnant women this rises by 10 g, and for breastfeeding mothers by 20-25 g).
Protein-rich foods include meat, cottage cheese, fish, eggs, grains and legumes. In children’s diets, animal fats account for 60-80%, and in adults’ diets 50%. Animal proteins are the source of essential amino acids (especially beef, chicken, rabbit, turkey, carp fillet, beets), and unrefined sunflower oil is a source of phospholipids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children should get carbohydrates mainly from vegetables, fruit and natural juices. The share of simple sugars in total carbohydrates is 15% for adults and 15-20% for children.
Foods with a more or less balanced composition of macro- and microelements include milk, carrots, radishes, sauerkraut, soy, beans, apples, bream (a fish of the carp family) and Georgian mineral water. When planning a menu, it’s important to combine foods well – for example, serving phosphorus-rich meat and fish with calcium-rich side dishes such as cabbage, buckwheat and oats.

Of the microelements that protect against caries, the most important is fluoride. Sea fish, seaweed and tea are rich in fluoride. The main sources of vitamins are vegetables and fruit, eggs and liver.

Getting the right amount of calcium, phosphorus, fluoride and vitamins plays an important role in fighting caries. If nutrition is inadequate, supplements containing these elements may be prescribed to prevent caries.

The lion’s share in the development of caries belongs to easily digestible carbohydrates such as sugar (sucrose), glucose and fructose. Their cariogenic effect is the highest compared with proteins, fats and complex carbohydrates.

For the glycolytic breakdown of carbohydrates, all the necessary enzymes of microbial origin, a constant temperature, a near-neutral pH and moisture are present; add a substrate of simple carbohydrates, and all the conditions for metabolic breakdown are in place.

The metabolism of carbohydrates in the mouth ends with the formation of organic acids, including lactic and pyruvic acid. Carbohydrate metabolism is most active in soft dental plaque, as well as in saliva and other parts of the mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eating simple carbohydrates acts as the trigger in the glycolysis chain. This in itself has a negative effect on the mouth’s homeostasis, disrupting it, shifting the local pH towards acidity and demineralizing the enamel. The cariogenic effect of carbohydrates depends on how often sugar is eaten, how much, and the physical characteristics of the sweet foods.

The more often and the longer sugar is in contact with the teeth, the greater its cariogenic effect. There are several ways to avoid this problem: eating fewer carbohydrates, eating them less often, replacing carbohydrates that are metabolized in the mouth with ones that aren’t, reducing the time carbohydrates stay in the mouth, and removing free carbohydrates by brushing and rinsing.

Besides its main function, food can also take part in the mouth’s self-cleaning. This role is directly linked to chewing. The mouth’s self-cleaning is a natural process that helps get rid of plaque and prevent caries. For modern people, self-cleaning is difficult because of the nature of our food. 21st-century food is very soft, sticky and chewy, and easily collects in hard-to-reach areas of the mouth, such as the spaces between teeth, the necks of the teeth, pathological pockets and carious cavities. Eating foods with cleansing properties plays a big role in improving self-cleaning.
Hard fruit and vegetables have these properties – apples, carrots, turnips, radishes and cucumbers. The teeth and jaws get a workout from hard, dry food, which requires vigorous chewing and plenty of saliva (bread crusts, rusks, pieces of meat, dry sausage and fish). When eating hard food, the mouth’s self-cleaning depends on 2 factors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. The direct effect of the food, when the teeth are cleaned by biting, chewing, grinding and moving the food around;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Heavy saliva flow, which helps wash away food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s best to eat hard food as the last bite, or after soft and sticky food.
It’s worth remembering: after eating, and especially after sweets, be sure to eat an apple, a carrot or other cleansing foods.

Saliva flow is stimulated by hard, dry, sour, salty and bitter foods, as well as by the smells of various foods. Intense chewing also activates the salivary glands.

So stimulating the salivary glands, self-cleaning and watching what you eat all play an important role in cleaning the mouth and preventing caries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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