title: Chairside diet assessment of caries risk.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A dietary habit assessment should be an integral component of oral health care. The author outlines strategies that oral health care professionals can use to assess dietary habits associated with caries risk and to develop dietary recommendations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A caries risk assessment tool can be used to identify dietary habits that may contribute to caries risk.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The caries risk assessment tool can provide structure for evaluating patients' dietary habits and food choices and helping oral care health professionals provide preventive dietary recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, N-335 Dental Science Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1010, USA. teresa-marshall@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Teresa A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Marshall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001628:Beverages; D003376:Counseling; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D003733:Dental Caries Susceptibility; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D005518:Food Preferences; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates