Nutrition and Oral Medicine / Edition 2

by Riva Touger-Decker, Connie Mobley, Joel B. Epstein

Overview

This second edition addresses the complex, multifaceted relationships between nutrition and oral health, explores proposed relationships between oral, systemic and nutritional well-being and provides insights into interprofessional, comprehensive care for individuals. Chapters focus on diet, nutrition and oral health promotion and disease prevention across the lifespan, oral and dental diseases and disorders, oral manifestations of systemic diseases, and discussions of the synergy between oral tissues and nutrients. Cutting edge research issues regarding the relationship of individual antioxidants, trace elements, polyphenols and other nutrient substrates and oral health/disease, nutrigenomics, screening for nutrition and oral risk and other areas are covered in detail. Editors and authors include experts in nutrition and oral health from around the world. This second edition is a invaluable resource for health professionals in the fields of nutrition and dentistry as well as other disciplines whose research, practice and education includes nutrition and oral medicine. It is an excellent resource for graduate level nutrition and dental students, dental and nutrition practitioners, educators and researchers as well as other health professionals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607614890
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	03/28/2014
Series:	Nutrition and Health
Edition description:	2nd ed. 2014
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Section 1 Synergistic Relationships between Nutrition and Systemic and Oral Health

Chapter 1 Impact of dietary quality and Nutrition on General Health Status

Chapter 2 Pregnancy, Child Nutrition and Oral Health

Chapter 3 Age Related Changes in Oral Health Status Affects on Diet and Nutrition Status

Chapter 4 Obesity and Oral Health Status Across the Life Span

Section 2 Synergistic Relationships between Oral and Systemic Health

Chapter 5 Bidirectional Impact of Oral Health and General Health

Chapter 6 Impacts and Interrelationships between Medications, Nutrition, Diet and Oral Health

Section 3 Relationship Between Nutrition and Oral Health

Chapter 7 Oral Consequences of Compromised Nutritional Well Being

Chapter 8 Nutrition and Inflammation

Chapter 9 Nutrition Consequences of Oral Conditions and Diseases

Chapter 10 Impact of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices on Oral and Nutritional Health

Chapter 11 Emerging Research and Practices Regarding Nutrition, Diet and Oral Medicine

Chapter 12 Nutrigenomics

Section 4 Select Diseases / Conditions with Know Nutrition and Oral Health Relationships

Chapter 13 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Metabolic Syndrome

Chapter 14 Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer

Chapter 15 Human Immunodeficiency Virus / AIDS

Chapter 16 Autoimmune Diseases

Chapter 17 Osteoporosis

Chapter 18 Orofacial Pain

Chapter 19 Oral Surgery and Nutrition

Section 5 Nutrition and Oral Medicine: Education and Practice

Chapter 20 Approaches to Oral Nutrition Health Risk Assessment

Chapter 21 Approaches to Curriculum Development in Nutrition and Dental Education

Appendices

1. Oral Nutrition Risk Assessment Tools

2. Diet Evaluation Tools

3. Body Mass Index Tables

4. Dietary Reference Intake Charts

5. Cranial Nerve Chart

Diet Education Tools