Significance of protein-energy malnutrition in dentistry: some suggestions for the profession.
A sound nutritional state is extremely important for the maintenance of healthy oral tissues as well as the body in general. Dentistry is, by nature, related to nutrition and dental practitioners should inform their patients and the public of its importance. For this reason, dentists should have a much broader background in nutrition and food sciences.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003376:Counseling; D003813:Dentistry; D003815:Dentists; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006128:Growth; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
D004044:Dietary Proteins