Nutrition in Dentistry

Provides dental hygiene students with information on nutrition and its dental implications. This CD-ROM can be used for self-study, as an adjunct to a text, and as a review tool for the national board examinations. It includes the topics of basic general nutrition, dental specifics on nutrition, and useful practical clinical applications.

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The interactive "Nutrition and Dentistry CD-ROM" provides dental hygiene students with information on nutrition and its dental implications. It can be used for self-study, as an adjunct to a text, and as a review tool for the national board examinations. The CD-ROM contains numerous illustrations, not available through any other source, of clinical/oral manifestations of nutritional deficiencies. Students can compare and contrast similar symptoms of nutritional deficiencies and their causes. Also included are animations showing processes related to nutrition and dentistry.Each unit begins with a subject outline and ends with board review questions, answers, and rationales. Windows/Macintosh compatible, "Nutrition for a Healthy Mouth" is an all-encompassing text for both general and dental-related study of nutrition. The content includes basic general nutrition, dental specifics on nutrition, and useful practical clinical applications. The reader-friendly style and excellent chapter features help students retain information and reinforce critical thinking practices.