Scientific Review Research 2022

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Article 1
Paper A - Skinner, J., Byun, R., Blinkhorn, A., & Johnson, G. (2015). Sugary drink
consumption and dental caries in New South Wales teenagers. Australian Dental Journal,
60(2), 169-175. doi:10.1111/adj.12310
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/adj.12310/epdf
Response to question 1
The researchers of the study aim to understand the relationship between the dental caries
in the teenagers of a specific age group and the consumption of sugary drink and finds out
important correlations between the gender, age, income and the various other factors such as
the social determinants of health that addresses the issue. It is critical to note that in the teen
ages, starting from desserts to sugary solutions, the consumption of chocolate and sugar
based products are very common (Barrington et al., 2019). While different genders and age
groups have different levels of consumptions – it has been seen that the level of dental carries
or rather the prevalence of the dental caries is far high in the adolescent age group and more
so, the intake of sugar based products rate is affected by gender, perception and various
factors such as the income of the family and affordable resources as well. The oral hygiene
and the behaviour related to the maintenance of the same has been affected greatly by the age
and perception of the children and it has also been seen that that the perception, awareness
and understanding in relation to oral health and hygiene varied greatly from individual to
individual, gender to gender (Mayze et al., 2019). The influence of family, especially the
parents was an interesting factor that determined the oral health of the children. Fruit juice,
sugary drink and also the sports drink all contains sugary ingredients and it has been seen that
the consumption of these items is particularly very high in this age group of 14-15 years of
boys and girls, in the region of New South Wales.

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Response to question 2
The authors of the research study framed the issue in an organised manner. The
discussion starts from the background that explores the prevalence of dental caries that
were revealed by various surveys across the adolescent schools of the Australian state.
The increased prevalence of dental caries problem, sugary food consumption, the time,
duration and the frequency of consumption of the sugary food has been highly implicated
in the research study in order to frame, develop a more strong and broader theoretical
framework that is required to provide a substantial base to expand the epistemological
spectrum related to the area of study. The study uses good, relevant and scholarly
evidence based literature to justify the information, based on which the research is
undertaken to understand the correlation between the dental caries and the level of sugary
food consumption. It is very much important to understand that the researchers of this
study frames the issues addressed with substantial and meaningful evidence, with a quite
a lot of survey reports that pertains to the field of examination about dental caries being
caused by sugary drink, mostly in the teenagers. As per the researchers, it is due to the
lack of oral hygiene and lack of enough knowledge about the oral hygiene of the children
in the society has led to the problem of dental caries amongst the children of both
genders. The lack of researches and knowledge pertaining to the same areas has been
framed as the need that justifies the undertaking of the research.
Response to question 3
Although there is quite a broad theoretical framework testing and justifying the research
questions that are asked by the researchers of this study but it is highly important to
understand that the evidences provided by the researchers of the study to support the
theoretical framework could have been more contemporary in order to address the immediate
societal scenario about the prevalence of dental caries amongst the teen agers due to high