Exam 17: Effects of Systemic Disease on Nutritional Status and Oral Health

Few dental and periodontal changes and no oral mucosal changes are observed in well-controlled diabetes.The fruity-smelling breath characteristic of diabetes is more common in type 2 diabetes.

Which type of medication is most likely to induce xerostomia?

Taste perception declines with age.Individuals taking three or more medications are likely to have less taste sensitivity and require greater amounts of sodium and sugar to perceive these tastes.

The dental hygienist should have three or four glucose tablets available because some oral diabetes medications are often combined with an oral agent that causes hypoglycemia.

Which condition can be caused by inadequate iodine and results in short stature,poor muscle tone,and intellectual disabilities when it occurs at birth or in young children?

The term appetite is applicable to each statement,except one.Which is the exception?

It is important that the dental hygienist understand the effects of systemic disease on nutritional status and oral health. Match each disease, condition, or medication with its most appropriate description. -Lingering unpleasant taste even though nothing is in the mouth

Which is correct and advisable for patients with gastrointestinal problems? (Select all that apply.)

It is important that the dental hygienist understand the effects of systemic disease on nutritional status and oral health. Match each disease, condition, or medication with its most appropriate description. -Megaloblastic anemia associated with vitamin B₁₂ deficiency

It is important that the dental hygienist understand the effects of systemic disease on nutritional status and oral health. Match each disease, condition, or medication with its most appropriate description. -Replace bone in hyperparathyroidism