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Dairy Council Digest Archives
A Protective Effect of Dairy Foods in Oral Health
Protective Effect of Cheese Against Dental Caries
Certain cheeses help to protect against dental caries. When laboratory animals consumed diets high in fermentable carbohydrates, intake of cheese (e.g., Cheddar, mozzarella) reduced the development of dental caries (9-11). Fewer and less severe carious lesions occurred on crowns and root surfaces in desalivated animals (i.e., at high risk of caries because of lack of saliva) which consumed Cheddar- or Swiss-type cheeses with a cariogenic diet (11). This finding that cheese may reduce the risk of root caries is of importance for older adults, many of whom are at high risk of root caries (1).
Eating cheeses such as Cheddar, mozzarella, Swiss, and American helps to protect against dental caries, especially if consumed at the end of a meal or in combination with caries-promoting foods.
Human plaque acidity studies, which measure a food's cariogenic potential, also indicate a protective effect of cheese against dental caries. Cheeses such as aged Cheddar, Swiss, blue, Monterey Jack, mozzarella, Brie, Gouda, and American processed cheese have been demonstrated to prevent plaque pH from falling to a level conducive to caries, even in the presence of sucrose (12-14). Likewise, the beneficial effect of cheese on dental health is supported by demineralization/remineralization studies (14-16). In a human in situ caries model, processed cheese prevented demineralization and enhanced remineralization of enamel and root lesions (14). When subjects chewed hard cheese in situ, tooth enamel surfaces previously softened by a cola-type drink exhibited significantly increased remineralization (15).
Epidemiological and clinical investigations also indicate a protective effect of cheese against dental caries (17-19). Researchers have found that older adults who consume more cheese are at reduced risk of root caries compared to subjects whose intake of this food is low (18,19). When the relationship between diet and root caries was examined in 141 adults aged 47 to 83 years, those in the lowest quartile for root caries consumed approximately twice as much cheese as those in the highest quartile (19). Individuals who were free of root caries consumed 50% more cheese and 25% more of other dairy foods than did those who experienced the most caries (19).
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