9780721650142-0721650147-The Dental Hygienist's Guide to Nutritional Care

The Dental Hygienist's Guide to Nutritional Care

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ISBN-13: 9780721650142
ISBN-10: 0721650147
Edition: 1
Author: Cynthia A. Stegeman RDH EdD RDN LD CDE, Judi Ratliff Davis MS CNSD RD LD
Publication date: 1998
Publisher: Saunders
Format: Paperback 472 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780721650142
ISBN-10: 0721650147
Edition: 1
Author: Cynthia A. Stegeman RDH EdD RDN LD CDE, Judi Ratliff Davis MS CNSD RD LD
Publication date: 1998
Publisher: Saunders
Format: Paperback 472 pages

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The Dental Hygienist's Guide to Nutritional Care (ISBN-13: 9780721650142 and ISBN-10: 0721650147), written by authors Cynthia A. Stegeman RDH EdD RDN LD CDE, Judi Ratliff Davis MS CNSD RD LD, was published by Saunders in 1998. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Dental Hygienist's Guide to Nutritional Care (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.58.

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This practical reference introduces basic nutrition as it relates to dental hygiene. Discusses how to assess client's nutritional needs, identify their goals, and help them improve their dietary habits. Information presented reflects the nutritional needs of clients with diverse backgrounds and nutrient requirements. Features useful chapter objectives, case studies, care plans, numerous figures and tables, and a vivid color insert of nutritional deficiencies/excesses of the oral cavity.

  • Is written specially for dental hygienists by two registered dietitiansone a dental hygiene educator with 10 years of experience practicing dental hygiene.
    • Provides information on assessing nutritional status, identifying client goals, and communicating nutrition recommendations to dental hygiene clients.
  • Discusses nutritional problems encountered throughout the life cycle and various cultural food patterns to enable readers to provide care for all ages of dental hygiene clients and cultural groups.
    • Presents vitamins and minerals based on their physiological function to indicate nutrients involved when dental problems are evident.
  • Reviews the food guide pyramid, and ties it in with Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
    • Gives Health Applications that provide current information for common nutrition-related conditionsdiabetes, osteoporosis, vegetarianism.
  • Personalizes information with helpful case studies, followed by care plans, so the reader can put it all together.
    • Highlights key concepts with colour photographs, over 220 illustrations, and descriptive tables.
  • Offers chapter objectives and a Test Your Nutrition Quotient (NQ) for each chapter, and concludes with a Student Readiness section containing questions for chapter review.
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