Evaluating dietary intake in dental practices: doing it right.
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.
Mobley
Connie
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School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1001 Shadow Lane, MS 7425, Las Vegas, Nev. 89106-4124, USA.
Dounis
Georgia
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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