| Seq #115 | Friday, 10 March 2006 | |||||||
| 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Swan Hotel 5, Symposium | ||||||||
| [ADEA] Nutrition & Oral Health in the Aging Aged: Research & Implications for Clinical Dental Education | ||||||||
| Description: Tooth loss, ill fitting dentures, and xerostomia can compromise diet quality and, subsequently, adequate nutrient intakes of older adults. Non-diet, non-dental factors such as depression, social isolation, cognitive loss, and physical disabilities may also impact nutritional well-being and diet quality. This symposium will provide an update on aging, nutrition, and oral health and identify the gaps in the research with implications for future research. Current and emerging quality of life research will also be addressed including implications for practice and teaching. Research on nutrition and oral screening in dentistry will be reviewed along with strategies for integrating screening into the dental/dental hygiene school curriculum and in clinical setting. The two primary goals focus on research and education regarding nutrition and oral health in older adults. The first goal is to provide researchers and educators with a review of current research, overview of gaps in the research and implications for future research on this topic; the second goal is to discuss practice and education implications for oral health professionals based on current quantitative and qualitative research in the field. Strategies for integrating nutrition and oral health screening in clinical education will be discussed | ||||||||
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