Nature or Nurture: Nutritional Approach to Periodontal Therapy

Periodontitis is a ubiquitous chronic inflammatory disease affecting supporting structures of the teeth. With improved understanding of the mechanism behind periodontal tissue devastation, the role of nutrients has led to an increased understanding of association between nutrition and periodontal diseases. Nutrition plays a very significant role in mans development, health and welfare, therefore nutrition has correlation to the natural resolution of the periodontal diseases. The protective defensive role of nutrients and the advent of modern genomic measurement tools have led to an increased interest that how diet affect the inflammatory mechanisms underlying severe periodontitis.