The Preventative Role of Plant
About This Event
This course explores the impact of plant-based diets on both your health as well as your patients’ health. Examine the connection between dietary components found in plants, such as dietary fiber and polyphenols, and their effect on dental and overall health. Receive a comprehensive understanding of how plant-based diets influence oral health. Upon completion of this course, you should be able to: Review plant-forward and plant-based eating trends; Examine vegetarian, vegan and Mediterranean eating patterns; Discuss the growing body of research surrounding plant-based dietary patterns and optimal systemic and oral health; List oral health benefits of plant-based components; Examine key plant-based nutrition guidelines that can be integrated into oral health messages.
Learning Objectives
- Review plant-forward and plant-based eating trends
- Examine vegetarian, vegan and Mediterranean eating patterns
- Discuss the growing body of research surrounding plant-based dietary patterns and optimal systemic and oral health
- List oral health benefits of plant-based components
- Examine key plant-based nutrition guidelines that can be integrated into oral health messages.