Nutrition and Oral Health CareLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

The student is able to interpret nationwide nutritional recommendations and explain the effect of nutriment on oral health. S/he can make a dietary anamnesis of his/her own dietary habits. The student is able to analyze the dietary anamnesis of a peer student. S/h is able to identify the effect of food allergies and malabsortions on dietary treatment. S/he is able to guide the special diet clients.

Content

• Nationwide nutritional recommendations
• Effect of nutriment on oral health
• Dietary anamnesis
• Dietary counselling of a peer student by way of the Nutricia programme
• Food allergies and malabsortions and dietary treatment
• Dietary couselling of special diet clients

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The descriptions of evaluation (see appendix)

Further information

Prerequisites
Oral Self-Care Methods and Prevention of Oral Diseases