FoodForTeeth

For Dentists and Patients

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FoodForTeeth is a free App designed by Dentists to help their professional colleagues and patients.

Has your Dentist told you that you have a cavity/decay/caries? Or perhaps they have noticed acid erosion of your teeth? 

FoodForTeeth is educational as well as providing a tool to help identify the dietary sources of your dental problems.

Authors:  Prateek Biyani BDS (Hons.) – Dentist & Jasneet Gulati BDS (Hons.) MFDS RCPS (Glas) PgCert DentEd (UoB) – Dentist

With special thanks to: Harpreet Sohal – Nutritionist and Dietetic Student & Rhia Mhajan – Nutritionist and Dietetic Student

Why FoodForTeeth?

First, seek to understand why you have developed dental disease. Then, implement changes in your diet to improve your oral health condition. In doing so, you will also improve your general health, as it is generally the same foods and lifestyle choices that lead to diabetes and obesity.

Food for thought!

The App contains a database of common foods and drinks with their associate caries and erosion risk
FoodForTeeth is full of evidence based advice focused around diet and prevention, with input from Nutrionists
Diet diaries become easy to prescribe and record - they are a powerful investigation that is underutilised

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  • How Do We Determine Risk?

    There is limited research and data available on the ‘cariogenicity’ of different foods and drinks in the way of high quality, in vivo studies. What we do have is knowledge that the type of sugar (ie. sucrose, glucose, lactose) can affect this, as well the number of times that we eat per day. The challenge

  • Advice on filling in your diet diary

    A diet diary is a useful tool to learn more about your dietary patterns. You can share the diet diary with your Dentist to spark a meaningful discussion about your diet to help reduce your experience of tooth decay and acid erosion. When filling in your diet diary, it is really important to be: –

  • Sugar and Food Labels

    Many foods in the supermarket are displaying traffic lights style indicators to help us understand what is inside our food, and hopefully to make balanced choices. This can be very helpful if the there is a traffic light signal for the sugar intake, so you can tell if certain foods/drinks are high, medium or low

  • Tips to prevent tooth decay

    You may have heard of the term dental decay, or perhaps your dentist or friend has told you about their experience of ‘cavities’, ‘dental caries’ or just ‘holes’. All of these names mean the same thing – dental decay is the most common disease in the world. The cause of holes in your teeth is

  • How to prevent your children from getting dental decay

    Dental decay is the most common disease in the world, and children are the most vulnerable group. Despite increased awareness and the preventative benefits of fluoride, a huge proportion of children in the developed world are admitted to hospital each year because of abscesses and infections due to dental decay. This is because of the

  • Enjoy chocolate without ruining your teeth

    Good news for chocolate lovers! You won’t have to give up chocolates to prevent dental decay. By following some simple tips, you can enjoy your favourite sugary treats in a way that reduces your experience of dental decay: If every time you eat or drink anything sugary at one sitting, this counts as one ‘sugar

  • Why Athletes get dental disease

    One of the problems that Dentists commonly diagnose in athletes and gym-goers is the acid breakdown that has affected their teeth. This is usually due to regular consumption of acidic and sugary sports/energy drinks throughout the day. Drinking fruit smoothies has also seen a rise as a good way to get our 5-a-day, but the

  • How your favourite drinks could be destroying your teeth

    Sugary drinks are largely to blame for the level of dental decay around the world. Fizzy drinks and fruit juices also contribute to acid erosion of teeth (this means acids breaking down your tooth). Diet and sugar-free drinks are recommended over sugary drinks as they will not cause dental decay. However, they still cause acid

  • 6 ways to prevent acid erosion of your teeth

    Here are tips to reduce the effect of acid wearing away your teeth: Drink acidic drinks through a straw – this way you will bypass all your teeth and reduce the harmfulness of the acids. Drink them cold. Cooler temperatures reduce the harmful effect of the acid wearing away your teeth – it’s basic chemistry,

  • Choosing a Healthy breakfast cereal for your child

    Modern cereals are packed with sugars and can contribute towards dental decay. Even some of the cereals that are marked as healthy or good for children, are high in refined carbohydrates. Search our food database to select cereals that are low or medium in sugar content. The milk added to cereals does not necessarily make

  • The benefits of Sugar-free chewing gum

    Chewing sugar free gum can help to prevent dental decay and acid breakdown of teeth. The way chewing gum works is by increasing how much saliva your mouth makes, which has a protective role. Your saliva has a ‘buffering’ action, which balances out acids so that the mouth returns to normal pH levels again. The

FAQs

Where can I download the App?

FoodForTeeth is currently available on iOS from the App Store.

Who is the app designed for?

It is for the benefit of anyone with dental decay or dental erosion. It is a tool that Dentists can use to prescribe to their patients as a dietary investigation.

It is for anyone who wishes to make lifestyle changes in their diet and wants to learn how to reduce their risk of dental disease.

Is FoodForTeeth available for Android?

It is currently not available for Android. If you are an Android programmer and want to help us program, please do get in touch!

Is the App suitable for children?

Yes, children can use the App with assistance from parents. Diet diaries can be fun for children, especially as they can take pictures of their food. The diet diary can then be discussed with your dentist to get dietary advice where appropriate to reduce your child’s risk of dental disease.

Is the app NHS approved?

The NHS Health Apps Library has unfortunately closed down after NHS approved Apps were found to leak user data.

We are confident that once this initiative returns that we would receive NHS endorsement. Until then, we can reassure you that we do not share any user data.

How do you fill in the diet diary on FFT?

You can either put text entries in, or you can take photos if you’re in a rush. Text entries are usually more detailed as it is not always obvious from a photo about the ingredients e.g. whether there is sugar in a coffee or not, or ketchup in a burger.

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