The use of diet diaries in clinical dentistry


Arheiam, A (2017) The use of diet diaries in clinical dentistry. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

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Abstract

Background: Recently, there has been renewed interest in the importance of reducing sugar intake to control dental caries both in the UK and internationally. Although diet advice to promote oral as well as general health is recommended for all dental patients, those at high risk of dental caries are particularly in need of additional professional support tailored to their needs. For this reason, diet diaries have been recommended as a dietary assessment tool that enables the tailoring of effective dietary advice for individual patients in dental practice (Watt et al., 2003). However, despite the recognised merits of diet diaries as dietary assessment and self-monitoring tools in the general literature (Thompson and Subar, 2013), an early search of literature revealed that very little empirical work had been devoted to this topic in the dental context. The overall aim of this research is to explore the use of diet diaries in the dental clinical setting. It offers some important insights into the possible barriers and facilitators of their use to support dietary advice. Methods Four studies were undertaken to meet the general aim and the objectives of the thesis. A range of qualitative and quantitative research ... (continues)

Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
Divisions: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 17 Aug 2017 09:29
Last Modified: 08 Feb 2025 01:28
DOI: 10.17638/03008005
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3008005
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