**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Dental Hygiene & Auxiliaries**
Learn how to apply nutritional principles to promote optimal patient care!
The Dental Hygienist's Guide to Nutritional Care, 5th Edition
explains how teaching proper nutrition can improve your clients’ oral and systemic health.
Case studies and clear, full-color photos and illustrations provide a basis for assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. In addition, a solid foundation in nutrition prepares you for the subject’s increased emphasis on the NBDHE examination. Written by an interdisciplinary author team with expertise in nutrition and dental hygiene, this book was the first nutritional guide designed specifically for dental hygienists!
UNIQUE!
Biochemistry
chapter
covers the essential concepts tested on the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination (NBDHE).
UNIQUE! Coverage of vitamins and minerals
is based on the oral effects of micronutrients.
Clinically relevant applications to dental hygiene
include a focus on patient education and dental hygiene considerations in each chapter.
Case studies and
Health Applications
demonstrate how nutrition concepts can be applied to specific patient situations.
Learning features
include pretests and key terms highlighted in each chapter, with definitions in the glossary.
Practice quizzes online
allow you to test your comprehension, and include feedback and remediation for incorrect answers.
NEW! Updated content
addresses interdisciplinary practice and the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act, with expanded coverage of older adults, vitamin D, and nutrigenomics.
NEW! Coverage of the latest federal nutrition standards
includes the
Dietary Guidelines for Americans,
the Nutrition Facts label, and more.
NEW! UPDATED full-color illustrations
include additional clinical photos as well as food-source photos in the micronutrient chapters.