Exam 13: Nutritional Requirements Affecting Oral Health in Women

Women practicing pica behaviors are usually from lower socioeconomic groups or have less than a high school education.Pica is more frequently practiced by women living in densely populated urban areas.

Nutritional counseling is an integral component to the practice of dental hygiene, but perhaps of even greater value with pregnant patients. Match the condition or term with the appropriate description or result. -Pregnant woman

Current recommendations for nutrition during pregnancy focus on avoidance of undernutrition because the placenta does not perform well if the mother's nutritional status is poor.

Tooth development begins early in the second trimester.Calcification of deciduous teeth begins around the fourth month.

A young female patient of record arrives for her scheduled recall appointment,during which she confides in the hygienist her hopes of starting a family soon.She also mentions her physician's concerns regarding her weight.The dental hygienist recalls that weight adjustment ideally should be achieved:

Which are appropriate nutritional recommendations for lactating mothers? (Select all that apply.)

Nutritional counseling is an integral component to the practice of dental hygiene, but perhaps of even greater value with pregnant patients. Match the condition or term with the appropriate description or result. -Decreased production of estrogen and progesterone

Vitamin B₆ reserves are affected by oral contraceptive agents (OCAs).Progestins within OCAs can cause weight gain related to increased appetite and altered carbohydrate metabolism.

Nutritional counseling is an integral component to the practice of dental hygiene, but perhaps of even greater value with pregnant patients. Match the condition or term with the appropriate description or result. -Absence of major portion of the brain and skull

Nutritional counseling is an integral component to the practice of dental hygiene, but perhaps of even greater value with pregnant patients. Match the condition or term with the appropriate description or result. -Breastfeeding

Nutritional counseling is an integral component to the practice of dental hygiene, but perhaps of even greater value with pregnant patients. Match the condition or term with the appropriate description or result. -Impairment of sense of touch

Nutritional counseling is an integral component to the practice of dental hygiene, but perhaps of even greater value with pregnant patients. Match the condition or term with the appropriate description or result. -A leading cause of death related to food borne illness

Infant birth weights are most affected by nutrient intake during which gestational time period? (Select all that apply.)

Each is true of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)and fetal alcohol syndrome disorder,except one.Which is the exception?

Nutritional counseling is an integral component to the practice of dental hygiene, but perhaps of even greater value with pregnant patients. Match the condition or term with the appropriate description or result. -Low levels of estrogen and progesterone

Nutritional counseling is an integral component to the practice of dental hygiene, but perhaps of even greater value with pregnant patients. Match the condition or term with the appropriate description or result. -Folic acid antagonist