The Benefits of Edible Education and The Importance of Nutrition for Students

This project provided insight into an Edible Education Program. The value of nutrition for developing students was explored as a program option. The program’s main focus was to provide an outlet for students to learn about food within a school site garden. Alice Waters developed the program to transform public school cafeteria’s systems. The program had a curriculum and curated lessons that could be easily integrated into every school. This research examined the benefits of nutrition in human development with a focus on brain development. This research included a design for an Edible Education inspired cafeteria classroom for the Edible Education Foundation

Effect of compliance during periodontal maintenance therapy on levels of bacteria associated with periodontitis: A 6-year prospective study

Made available in DSpace on 2019-09-12T16:53:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Background: It is well established that regular compliance during periodontal maintenance therapy (PMT) maintains the stability of periodontal clinical parameters obtained after active periodontal therapy (APT). However, compliance during PMT has not yet been related to subgingival bacterial levels. Thus, this study followed individuals in PMT over 6 years and longitudinally evaluated the effects of compliance on periodontitis-associated bacterial levels and its relation to periodontal status. Methods: From a 6-year prospective cohort study with 212 individuals in PMT, 91 were determined to be eligible. From this total, 28 regular compliers (RC) were randomly selected and matched for age and sex with 28 irregular compliers (IC). Complete periodontal examination and microbiological samples were obtained 5 times: T1 (prior to APT), T2 (after APT), T3 (2 years), T4 (4 years), and T5 (6 years). Total bacteria counts and levels of Actinomyces naeslundii, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, and Treponema denticola were evaluated through quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Results: RC had less tooth loss and better clinical and microbiological conditions over time when compared with IC. IC had higher total bacterial counts and higher levels of T denticola. Moreover, among IC, total bacterial counts were positively associated with plaque index and bleeding on probing, while levels of A. naeslundii, T. forsythia, and T denticola were negatively associated with clinical attachment loss (4 to 5 mm) among RC. Conclusions: Compliance positively influenced subgingival microbiota and contributed to stability of periodontal clinical status. Regular visits during PMT sustained microbiological benefits provided by APT over a 6-year period.[Costa, Fernando Oliveira; Vieira, Thais Riberal; Miranda Cota, Luis Otavio; Costa, Jose Eustaquio; Ferreira Aguiar, Maria Cassia] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Sch Dent, Dept Dent Clin Oral Pathol & Oral Surg, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil[Cortelli, Sheila Cavalca; Cortelli, Jose Roberto] Universidade de Taubaté (Unitau), Periodont Res Div, Dept Den