DOI: 10.36347/sjds.2018.v05i03.003

Pages: 124-132

“Prevention is better than cure, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”, this approach is equally applicable for the dental caries. The tooth is the only hard organ which is developed from the two different tissues of embryological origin. Being the toughest tissue in the body Enamel is the unique and one of it’s kind in the human physiology, but according to natures law it can also be affected by many factors. Ingestion of food may change the oral environment and effect oral health directly by both systemic and local mechanisms. Here role of diet comes to maintain the oral health and nutritional deficiencies or excess are just one among the any causes of defects in tooth development. Hence, dietary habits are very personal, so dietary advice must be personalised. Effective diet counselling always depends on the ability of the clinician to make the patient see the problem and they work upon as a team to resolve the situation. So dietary counselling by a dentist should not be limited to carbohydrate restriction could therefore be beneficial in a community perspective as well. Dietary Counselling for optimal oral health in children should be an essential part for general health counselling [7]. Hence in the present article reviews about the importance of diet counselling and proper diet as a preventive approach to reduce dental diseases and caries.