Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa may affect dental status

There are two psychological eating disorder commonly warning young people; they are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia is tremendously not only ‘loss of appetite’ but also ‘objection to eat’ while bulimia nervosa refers to excessive eating desire but vomiting soon after meal.

It is rationally said that both of them rob the essential substances in our nutrition demand. Anorexia nervosa prevents us from having meal. Bulimia nervosa put lots of food into our stomach, but as the food is vomited, the nutritious supply is still absent.

So it’s all about nutrition influencing whole health status, including the dental-respectively. Moreover, repeatedly vomiting in bulimia nervosa could bring stomach acid into the mouth. The very low pH in stomach acid (HCl) would be a high risk in the erosion of tooth enamel.