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Lookup NU author(s): Shatha Alhulaefi, Dr Anthony Watson, Professor Sheena Ramsay, Professor Nicholas JakubovicsORCiD, Dr Kirsten BrandtORCiD, Dr Oliver Shannon
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© 2024 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.Poor oral health can impact an individual’s ability to eat and has been associated with an increased risk of non-communicable diseases. While the benefits of nitrate consumption on oral health were first proposed more than 20 years ago, no systematic review has been published examining effects of dietary nitrate on oral health. This systematic review investigated the effects of dietary nitrate on markers of oral health in vivo in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Five databases (PubMed, The Cochrane Library, CINAHL, MEDLINE, and SPORTDiscus) were searched from inception until March 2023. Nine articles reporting data on 284 participants were included. Dietary nitrate was provided via beetroot juice in most studies. The duration of the interventions ranged from one day to six weeks. Dietary nitrate supplementation increased the relative abundance of several individual bacterial genera including Neisseria and Rothia. Dietary nitrate supplementation increased salivary pH and decreased salivary acidification following consumption of a sugar-sweetened beverage. Furthermore, dietary nitrate supplementation resulted in a decrease in the gingival inflammation index. The results of this systematic review suggest that dietary nitrate could represent a potential nutritional strategy to positively modify oral health by impacting the oral microbiome, altering salivary pH, and minimizing gingival inflammation.
Author(s): Alhulaefi SS, Watson AW, Ramsay SE, Jakubovics NS, Matu J, Griffiths A, Kimble R, Siervo M, Brandt K, Shannon OM
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
Year: 2024
Pages: epub ahead of print
Online publication date: 11/05/2024
Acceptance date: 02/04/2024
ISSN (print): 1040-8398
ISSN (electronic): 1549-7852
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2024.2351168
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2024.2351168
