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Nutrition Habits and Oral Conditions Within a Representative Swiss Cohort of Adult Subjects.

Oral health & preventive dentistry · Jaeggi MK, Tennert C, Prasinou M, Schimmel M, Roccuzzo A, Campus G, Borg-Bartolo R · 2026-08-26

Researchers surveyed 275 Swiss adults aged 45+ about nutrition and oral hygiene habits, finding that daily vegetable consumption was associated with lower caries risk and better oral hygiene, while regular nut consumption correlated with improved oral hygiene.

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