PMID: 9545901Oct 1, 1996Paper

Dental caries and sugar consumption into the 21st century

American Journal of Dentistry
M Harel-RavivK S Chu

Abstract

New trends towards the effect and role of sugar consumption in the etiology of dental caries into the 21st century are presented, analyzed and discussed. Many factors such as the amount of sugar consumed, the frequency of sugar intake and the kind of sugars ingested have to be taken into consideration. Over the years, the relative importance of these factors has changed. For a very long time, sugar has been "blamed" as a primary etiological factor in the development of dental caries. However, a number of recent reports have attributed a much less important role to carbohydrates. Sugar consumption only does not affect caries prevalence as much as it used to. It is obvious that the role of sugar in the etiology of caries must be reviewed. Additional factors like overall nutrition, the number of meals and snacks per day, education and motivation, fluoride (in tablets or drops, in mouthwashes, toothpastes, baby foods, formulas, beverages, milk, vitamin supplements and/or fluoridated water ingested), socioeconomic group, ethnicity, oral hygiene status, use of preventive methods and sweeteners other than sucrose are presented.

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