title: Nutrition update for the dental health professional.
abstract: The relationship between nutrition and dentistry has been longstanding. Today, dental healthcare providers need to broaden the definition of "dental nutrition" from a narrow focus on the relationship of foods to caries, periodontal disease and oral lesions, to concerns about the overall nutritional adequacy of a patient's diet. This article discusses some of the latest nutrition recommendations put forth by major United States' health organizations and comments on their applicability to dental patients.
authors.affiliation: The Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Karp
mesh_terms: D003729:Dental Care; D004032:Diet; D004037:Diet, Cariogenic; D006801:Humans; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D013395:Sucrose
chemical_list: D013395:Sucrose