LO 4

Question 1

What factors influence oral health?

Answer 1

1. Dietary Intake
2. Oral Hygiene Practices
3. Genetics
4. Income
5. Education
6. Access to and availability of Dental Care Plan
7. Other Barriers (cost, lack of providers, fear, limit to access, poor awareness, etc.)

Question 2

What is the DH’s role in nutritional analysis and counselling?

Answer 2

1. Recognize how the client’s nutrient intake may affect their oral health
2. Understand how oral environment influences systemic health
3. Understand & explain to clients the role of saliva, fluids and food play in the caries process
4. Identify foods that stimulate salivary flow
5. Recognize cariogenic foods
6. Explain the use of ‘buffer foods’
7. Propose cariostatic foods & timing to improve cariogenic diet

Question 3

What is a food fad?

Answer 3

1. A catchall term covering all aspects of nutritional nonsense, contains exaggerated beliefs about the value of nutrition in health and disease
2. Can be based on truth or myth

Question 4

What is a fad diet?

Answer 4

1. Fad Diets: advertise a quick fix way to lose weight, gain health, slim down etc
2. Frequently deficient in essential nutrients
3. Eg; low carb, low fat, keto, juice cleanse, detoxes

Question 5

What should you recommend to your clients and how do you combat nutritional misinformation?

Answer 5

1. As a general guide, recommend balanced variety of foods, veg, fruit, carbs, protein
2. If your client seems to be struggling with nutritional misinformation affecting their health, you can offer to make a referral to Nutritional Professional

Question 6

What is included in a client treatment record?

Answer 6

1. Medical History, Medication List, Tobacco Assessment
2. Dental History
3. Intraoral/Extraoral Exam Forms
4. Gingival assessment, Indicies
5. Hard Tissue Chart, Radiographs, DDS Diagnosis
6. Periodontal Assessment
7. Risk Assessment
8. These forms all play a role in determining client’s health/dental risks