The Role of Dietary Sugars in Dental Carries

The Role of Dietary Sugars in Dental Carries
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The Role of Dietary Sugars in Dental
Carries
The type of diet consumed by an individual determine
dental health. diets with a lot of sugars lead to dental
caries.
 fructose intolerance lead increases the susceptibility to
the dental caries because (Gupta et al, 2013).
There are two type of dental carries observed in people.
 dental caries are classifies based on the formation of
cavities on the tooth structure.

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Dietary sugar are the main factors that contribute to
the formation of plaques on the surfaces of teeth.
The plaques attract bacteria that ferment sugars to
produce acidsstages (Grütter & Vailati, 2013).
The acids produced by the bacteria corrode the
structure of the enamel.
The lesions on the canines and incisors does not have
cavities because there is no deposition of acids on the
enamel of the teeth.