Dental Assisting, Dental Hygiene, Dental assistants Medical Subject Headings, Mouth Diseases—diet therapy, Oral Health, Dental assistants, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Mouth—care & hygiene 

"Reflecting significant changes in the industry and the latest research in the field, this fully updated Third Edition of Rebecca Sroda's Nutrition for Dental Health provides dental hygiene and dental assisting students up-to-date, easy-to-understand coverage of basic nutrition and diet information with an emphasis on the relationship of nutrition and diet to oral health. Now in vibrant full color, this accessible and student-friendly Third Edition features up-to-date, evidence-based content, new practice-focused features, outstanding end-of-chapter and online learning tools, and enhanced instructors resources."-- Provided by publisher. 

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Eating 101 / Rebecca Sroda -- Carbohydrates / Rebecca Sroda -- Protein / Rebecca Sroda -- Lipids / Rebecca Sroda -- Vitamins / Deb Milliken -- Minerals / Deb Milliken -- Water / Rebecca Sroda -- Dietary and herbal supplements / Deb Milliken -- Diet and dental caries / Rebecca Sroda -- Nutrition and periodontal disease / Jill Gehrig -- Choosing foods for health and fitness / Rebecca Sroda -- Reading labels / Rebecca Sroda and Dawn Pisarski -- Nutrient needs for development and maintenance of oral structures / Rebecca Sroda -- Dietary considerations for the life cycle / Rebecca Sroda and Dawn Pisarski -- Eating disorders / Rebecca Sroda -- Nutritional counseling / Rebecca Sroda -- Nutritional considerations for special population groups / Rebecca Sroda and Dawn Pisarski -- Nutritive value of complimentary therapies for oral care (available ONLINE through our Navigate 2 Advantage Access site) / Dawn Pisarski.