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Nutrition in Dentistry, Second Edition
Course 1: Essentials
Based on Chapters 1 - 11of The Dental Hygienist's Guide to Nutritional Care, Second Edition
Objectives
When you complete this course, you will take a test that will measure your ability to identify:
- Basic concepts of nutrition and food choices.
- Digestive factors and nutrients that affect the oral cavity.
- The physiologic roles and best sources of carbohydrate, protein, and lipids.
- Metabolic processes and their effects.
- The roles of vitamins and minerals in calcified structures.
- Vitamins, minerals, and fluids required for oral soft tissues and salivary glands.
Course 2: Specific Applications
Based on Chapters 12 - 20 of The Dental Hygienist's Guide to Nutritional Care, Second Edition
Objectives
When you complete this course, you will take a test that will measure your ability to identify:
- Nutrition and its effects on adult females' and older adults' oral health.
- Nutritional requirements from infancy through adolescence for good oral health.
- Food patterns, fads, and preparation/damage.
- Physiologic factors and systemic diseases that affect oral health.
- How nutrition relates to dental caries, gingivitis, periodontal disease, and other oral cavity alterations.
- Methods of nutritional assessment and counseling.
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