Showing posts with label dentistry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dentistry. Show all posts

Monday, June 23, 2014

Dental Health & Nutrition


Nutrition is at the top of the priority list for dental health. Research has discovered strong correlations between optimal oral health and great nutrition habits. This study shares the links uncovered and how families can implement them in their daily routines. Read more about nutrition and dental health...
More stress needs to be placed upon other aspects to truly determine one’s oral health. The practice paper “Oral Health and Nutrition” has been published on the Academy of Nutrition’s Web site, which backs up the Academy’s paper that appeared in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics last year. Based on the information from the paper, nutrition assessment is one of the keys to pinpointing dietary intake and other nutritional factors that could impact a person’s oral health. It’s also important for dentists to stress the value of food choices to ensure that a person can maintain optimal oral health. 


Monday, May 19, 2014

The High Educational Debt of Dental Students

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The high price of dental school may be overwhelming dental school seniors and discouraging future students to pursue careers in the dentistry field. Higher educational debt is leading more students into private practices. This article highlights the impact of expensive dental school choices and its effect on the future career paths of dental students across the nation.
Authors examine the association between dental school debt and career choices in the article, "Educational Debt and Intended Employment Choice Among Dental School Seniors." Research revealed that dental graduates with high educational debt are more likely to pursue private practice, but noted that debt didn't play as big a role as originally thought. Instead, the characteristics of the new dentist - such as sex, race and whether a parent is a dentist - plays a larger role in whether a recent graduate chooses to work in private practice, public health, or teaching, research or administration.