Oral health is a key indicator of overall health & quality of life. Most of us take good care of our bodies ignoring oral health.This can lead to a range of oral diseases including dental caries,gum diseases,bleeding from gum,tooth loss,oral cancer etc. Complications growing from these diseases can lead to cardiovascular disease,chronic respiratory disease,malignancy & so on.

Many food components including minerals, vitamins play important role in oral good health.Today i'm going to focus on the necessity of vitamin C in oral health. 

✅vitamin C is so important for oral health. It supports oral health through maintenance of gingiva,periodontal ligament, cementum & alveolar bone which all support teeth. This is partly because of essestial role of vitamin C in collagen synthesis.

☑️Vitamin C helps to keep the connective tissues of our gums healthy & strong & can prevent tooh from loosening. 

✅vitamin C can rebuild our gum tissue to protect our mouth from destruction. 

☑️Vitamin c helps strengthen our immune system to fight diseases including gum infection,gingivitis etc.

Natural sources of vitamin c : You already probably know that -

➡️Citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C such as orange,lemon,guava etc.. One medium size orange contain 70 mg vitamin C.

➡️vegetables like cauliflower, capsicums,broccoli are very good sources of vitamin C. 

➡️other than vitamin c rich fruits we can also have papaya,strawberries to get enough level of vitamin c.

✅Daily intake level of vitamin c should be around 65-90 mg, maximum 2000mg.

⭕We need to be aware of the corrosive effects of chewing vitamin C tablets.These tablets stick to our teeth &  remain on our teeth for longer time.So we should swallow vitamin c tablet instead of chewing it.

⭕Another thing is our enamel is at its weakest after we have eaten vitamin C or drunk any juice containing vitamin c. So we should never ever brush our teeth straight away.Rather we should leave the teeth for a minimum of 30 minutes before brushing. Otherwise, the enamel would be brushed away.