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Nutrition for a healthy mouth /

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An ideal reference for dental hygiene and assisting students as well as practicing clinicians, this book serves as an all-encompassing text for both general and dental-related study of nutrition.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sroda, Rebecca
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2010.
Edition:Second edition
Subjects:
Mouth Diseases > diet therapy.
Dental Assistants.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Oral Hygiene.
Table of Contents:
  • Eating 101
  • Carbohydrates
  • Protein
  • Lipids
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Water
  • Dietary and herbal supplements
  • Diet and dental caries
  • Diet, nutrition, and periodontal disease
  • Choosing foods wisely
  • Reading labels
  • Nutrient needs for development, growth, and maintenance of oral structures
  • Dietary considerations for the lifecycle
  • Eating disorders
  • Nutritional counseling
  • Nutritional counseling for special patient groups.