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2009-2010 Official General Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]

DEN 209 - Dental Nutrition


Basic nutrition principles, including metabolism, functions, sources, and conditions resulting from excessive or inadequate intake of each nutrient.  Study of diet planning, dietary guidelines, weight control, and current nutrition topics and controversies.  Special emphasis on the relation of nutrition to the oral cavity, interviewing, nutritional counseling, computer aided dietary analysis, and its practice in the dental office.

Prerequisite- Corequisite
Corequisites:  DEN 201 Dental Hygiene III, DEN 203 Pain Management in Dentistry, DEN 204 General and Oral Pathology, DEN 205 Periodontology.

Credits: 2
Hours
2 Class Hours