Title

Awareness among students on ill effects of carbonated drinks on enamel

Authors

Madhumithaa Sivarajan¹, AK Anjali^1,* & Devaraj Ezhilarasan²

Affiliation

¹Department of General Pathology, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India - 600077; ²Department of Pharmacology, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India - 600077

Email

Dr. AK Anjali - Email: anjaliak.sdc@saveetha.com; Corresponding author*

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received October 7, 2020; Revised October 27, 2020; Accepted October 27, 2020; Published December 31, 2020

It is of interest to document data on the AWARENESS AMONG STUDENTS (18 to 25 years) ON ILL EFFECTS OF CARBONATED DRINK ON ENAMEL using an online survey questionnaire. Data shows that about 67.2% students consume carbonated drinks every day and only 41.8% of the students experienced ill effects. Moreover, 44.8% of students did not experience any discomfort after consumption of soft drinks. The prevalence of tooth erosion in students who consume soft drinks every day is high and the frequency of consumption of potentially erosive soft drinks with low pH values was the only possible risk factor for dental erosion. Most of the students did prefer fruit
juices to carbonated drinks due to the constant exposure for a balanced health.

Keywords

Attitude; oral health; enamel damage; tooth erosion; questionnaire; students.

Citation

Sivarajan et al. Bioinformation 16(12): 1037-1044 (2020)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.