Nutritional Biochemistry

Catalog description

This course will teach the basic principles of the science of human nutrition and nutritional biochemistry with an emphasis on the effects of nutrition on dental health. The focus will be on the roles of micro- and macronutrients and the importance of proper energy balance, digestion, absorption and metabolism of these nutrients. Correlations to dental hygiene are discussed at each class as it obtains to the weekly subject matter. Strategies of counseling patients to improve optimum oral health are taught throughout the course.