Factors affecting North Carolina dental hygienists' confidence in providing obesity education and counseling

CL Kading, RS Wilder, WF Vann… - American Dental …, 2010 - jdh.adha.org
Purpose: Obesity is a major public health issue in the United States. Dental hygienists
influence their patients' oral health by providing dietary and behavioral recommendations …

Dentists' attitudes about their role in addressing obesity in patients: a national survey

AE Curran, DJ Caplan, JY Lee, L Paynter… - The Journal of the …, 2010 - Elsevier
Background Reducing the incidence of obesity requires coordination among primary health
care providers. Because of their frequent contact with patients, dentists are positioned to …

Dental hygienists' attitudes toward the obese population

G Essex, K Miyahara, DJ Rowe - American Dental Hygienists' …, 2016 - jdh.adha.org
Purpose: To explore dental hygienists' attitudes toward the obese population and to
determine whether there are differences in attitudes among those with different self-reported …

Addressing obesity in the dental setting: what can be learned from oral health care professionals' efforts to screen for medical conditions

BL Greenberg, M Glick… - Journal of Public Health …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This scoping review focused on what can be learned from oral health
professionals'(OHCPs) efforts to provide screenings for medical conditions in the dental …

A healthy weight intervention for children in a dental setting: a pilot study

M Tavares, V Chomitz - The Journal of the American Dental Association, 2009 - Elsevier
Background There are twice as many US children who are overweight or at risk of being
overweight as there were 20 years ago. Dental care professionals have an opportunity to …

Childhood Obesity: Dental hygienists' beliefs attitudes and barriers to patient education

DDM Cole, LD Boyd, J Vineyard… - American Dental …, 2018 - jdh.adha.org
Purpose: Increasing childhood obesity rates present a significant threat to public health. The
purpose of this study was to explore dental hygienists'(DH) beliefs, attitudes, knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] Patient perceptions of healthy weight promotion in dental settings

T Wijey, B Blizard, C Louca, A Leung, J Suvan - Journal of Dentistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction Excess weight is a risk factor for systemic and oral diseases. Since dental
professionals are already involved in imparting overall health messages when certain …

Knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of dental and dental hygiene students toward obesity

KR Magliocca, MF Jabero, DL Alto… - Journal of Dental …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity is recognized as a growing public health problem. The authors surveyed dental
hygiene and dental students from one institution regarding education, knowledge, perceived …

Nutritional counseling practices: how do North Carolina pediatric dentists weigh in?

AS Braithwaite, WF Vann Jr, BR Switzer… - Pediatric …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
It has been demonstrated that nutrition/healthy lifestyle counseling can help alleviate the
childhood obesity crisis. Because pediatric dentists see children with regular frequency, they …

Obesity prevention and intervention in dental practice

M Tavares, A Dewundara, JM Goodson - Dental Clinics of North America, 2012 - Elsevier
Dentists have an important role in preventing and detecting oral and systemic diseases
because of their diagnostic and screening abilities and the frequency of patient visits. These …