Dietary counseling: A requisite in geriatric prosthodontics

Special Section: Dentistry Techniques- Gingival Retraction Techniques - A pre requisite in fixed Prosthodontics: A REVIEW TECHNIQUES GINGIVAL RETRACTION TECHNIQUES - A PRE REQUISITE IN FIXED PROSTHODONTICS: A REVIEW

Gingival retraction or dilation is an important procedure in the fabrication of fixed prostheses. Quite often, the margins of these restorations are placed very close to the gingival margin, or even subgingivally, for aesthetic and functional reasons. Therefore, the operating surgeon must correctly record the prepared cervical finish line to enable adequate marginal integrity for the restoratio...

Dietary counseling and nephrolithiasis.

Dietary Advice on Prescription: A novel approach to dietary counseling

This article describes a novel approach to giving dietary advice, which is called "Dietary Advice on Prescription" (DAP; Matordning på Recept [MoR] in Swedish). It is the same principle as prescription on medicine and "Physical Activity on Prescription" (PAP; Fysisk aktivitet på Recept [FaR] in Swedish). The main idea is that a written prescription will strengthen the oral advice and emphasize ...

Dietary counseling--time for a nutritionist in the office?

Among the benefits of early dental visits for children is the opportunity to provide anticipatory guidance to caregivers on a variety of topics. Not least among these is dietary and nutritional counseling. Nainar and Mohummed provide a concise review of this topic in their article, “Diet Counseling During the Infant Oral Health Visit,” which appears in this issue. At these initial visits, we ca...

Trends in prosthodontics.

Prosthodontics is concerned with the impact of tooth or tissue damage and partial or complete loss of teeth on oral function in its broadest sense. It deals with this largely through prosthetic replacement. The discipline occupies a major portion of a dental school curriculum, and dental practitioners usually devote much of their practice to prosthodontic services. With the rapid improvement in...