The Impact of Diet and Nutrition On Oral Health
Dental hygienists can help patients improve their oral health by identifying dietary contributors to oral disease, assessing patients for nutrition-related risks, and providing dietary counseling.
After reading this course, the participant should be able to:
- Define the impact of diet on oral health.
- Discuss how to perform nutritional assessment and provide dietary counseling in the dental setting.
- Identify strategies to help patients understand how dietary changes may improve their oral health.