Journal of Nutritional Disorders & Therapy

University of Toronto, Canada

Publications

• Extended Abstract   
  Nutrition Congress 2015: The potential role of vitamin K2 in dental caries- Ken Southward- University of Toronto
  Author(s): Ken Southward
  
  Dental caries has traditionally been viewed as a tooth de-mineralizing process limited to the mouth. The growing interest in oral/systemic links demand new paradigms to know disease processes. New opportunities for dental research, particularly within the fields of neuroscience and endocrinology will emerge. The role of the hypothalamus portion of the brain cannot be underestimated. Under the influence of nutrition, it plays a big role within the systemic model of cavity . New understandings of oral/systemic links propose that dental caries is an uncontrolled inflammatory response controlled by the brain and moderated through the hypothalamu.. View more»
  

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