Diet Counselling

Nutritional (i.e., systemic) effect

What type of effect does food exert on the formation and mineralization of the dental matrix during the pre-eruptive periods?

Dietary (i.e., topical) effect

What type of effect does food exert on teeth during the post-eruptive period?

Nutrition

Science of food and its relationships to health. It is concerned primarily with the part played by the nutrients in body growth, development and maintenance

Food

Anything that is eaten, drunk or absorbed for maintenance of life, growth and repair of the tissues

Diet

Total oral intake of a substance that provides nourishment and energy

Balanced Diet

It is one which contains varieties of foods in such quantities and proportion that the need for energy, amino acids, vitamins, ats carbohydrates and other nutrients is adequately met or maintaining health, vitality and general well-being and also makes provision for a short duration of leanness

Diet Counselling

Involves giving advice on food selection based on the individual’s reasons for liking or not liking certain foods

Dental Health Diet Score

it is a simple screening device and a simple scoring procedure that can disclose a potential dietary problem that is likely to adversely affect a patient’s dental health

Food Score

Points are awarded for meeting recommended daily servings from essential food groups

Nutrient Score

Additional points are earned for including foods rich in calcium, phosphorus, and vitamins that support enamel health

Sweet Score

Points are subtracted based on the frequency and form of sugars consumed

Communication

A basic tool in the practice of preventive dentistry can create motivation for change

Interview

• To obtain information and to give help

• To understand the problem

• The factors contributing to it

• The personality of the patient

Directive Counselling

Patient is passive and the decisions are made by the councellor for the patient

Non-directive Counselling

The counsellor is merely to aid the patient in clarifying and understanding his or her own final decision as to the type of action that should be taken

Awareness

Is recognition that a problem exists, but without an inclination to solve it

Interest

Is a greater degree of awareness but still no inclination to act

Involvement

Is an interest and a definite intention to act

Action

Is a trial performance

Habit

Is a commitment to perform this action regularly over a sustained period of time