Nutritional effects for oral health: Microbiome, caries experience and periodontal health

Summary

Nutrition is the major modifiable factor that influences ageing and age-related health. Yet the relationship between nutrition and age-related health is complex and poorly understood. In these studies we are examining the impact of low protein, high carbohydrate diets on lifelong health with particular focus on cardiometabolic health, disease development and longevity. We have two large mouse cohort studies underway. The first is examining the effects of branch chain amino acids on health and lifespan and the second is examining the effects of simple and complex carbohydrates on health. One of the endpoints of these studies is to examine the oral health of these mice and look at how this interacts with disease and lifespan.

Supervisor(s)

Professor Joerg Eberhard

Research Location

Sydney Dental School

Program Type

PHD

Synopsis

This research is aimed to close the gap of understanding the interactions between nutrition and lifespan oral health.

Keywords

diet, oral health, microbiome

Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is: 2088

Other opportunities with Professor Joerg Eberhard

• Dietary effects to the local immune response and the initiation and propagation of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in mice
• Frequency and severity of periodontal disease in Australians with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: Building representative epidemiological data and validation of a screening tool for non-dental personnel.
• Oral health care and diabetes – assessing the 45 and up study with oral health data from PBS/MBS and hospital admission data
• Oral Health in General Practice; an analysis of how the game is played.
• Maternal Oral Health and Pregnancy Outcomes
• Unravelling the link between Diet, Obesity and Dental Caries for targeted prevention of global burdens