title: Evaluating dietary intake in dental practices: doing it right.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In three separate scenarios, the authors illustrate dietary assessment evaluations completed in dental settings by oral health care professionals (OHCPs) using time-efficient guidelines and targeted realistic patient education messages.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients' responses to key questions can provide OHCPs with a road map for conducting dietary assessments and evaluations, selecting specific assessment approaches, and developing targeted patient nutrition and oral health education messages.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To individualize and enhance comprehensive patient care, OHCPs can conduct dietary assessments, evaluate results, refer patients when indicated, and provide patient nutrition and oral health education.
authors.affiliation: School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1001 Shadow Lane, MS 7425, Las Vegas, Nev. 89106-4124, USA.
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mobley
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dounis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003190:Comprehensive Dental Care; D003727:Dental Auxiliaries; D003729:Dental Care; D004032:Diet; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000209:etiology