A Dissertation on High Sugar Sweets Impact on Children's Oral Health

This thesis investigates the detrimental impact of high sugar consumption on children's oral health, highlighting the increased risk of dental caries and other related non-communicable diseases. It emphasizes the importance of raising awareness among parents, educators, and healthcare professionals regarding proper oral hygiene and dietary habits. The research employs both qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze the effects of different types of sugars on dental health, focusing on the link between oral health and conditions like obesity and diabetes. The study reviews existing literature and statistical data to support the hypothesis that high sugar intake is a primary cause of tooth decay. Ultimately, the thesis aims to provide evidence-based recommendations for reducing sugar consumption in children, promoting better oral health, and improving their overall quality of life. Desklib provides access to a wealth of resources, including similar theses and solved assignments, to aid students in their academic pursuits.

The impact of high sugar -
sweets on children's oral health

ABSTRACT
The high consumption of sugar has increased the oral health problems in the children.
The high sugar content decrease the life span of the oral health. The oral health negatively effect
the health and can create the different types of non-communicable disease like cardiovascular
disease, obesity and diabetes. The main objective of this thesis is to increase the awareness and
provide the recommendation to the health professionals, educators and parents regarding the
proper take care of the oral health. The thesis has described the all possible impact and the cause
of oral health degradation in the children. The previous report of the various study has described
the different oral and dental problems of the children. The previous report has mentioned that the
children want to eat more sweet and chocolates and they faces so many problems of the dental
and oral. The given thesis has focused on the way how to reduce the in taking of the high amount
of sugar by the children. In this research the different qualitative and quantitive methods are uses
for describing the impact of the sugar content on the oral health of the children. The qualitative
method which has used in this research includes the evidence based different strategies to
categories the different health consequence of the oral health by meta analysis process. The
qualitative analysis of this research has described the dental caries and oral health problem as per
the sugar content. The research has also analysed the quantitative methods which is based on the
statical data of the clinical strategies. The research has paid the more attention on the impact of
oral health on the obesity and the diabetes. The connection of the oral disease and diet has been
also analysed by the quantitive data of the different statics. The hypothesis the research has
analysed that the main cause of the tooth decay is the high intake of sugars. The objectives of
this research study is to create the awareness in the parents regarding the high consumption of
sweets and chocolates reduce the oral health of the children and also increase the chance of other
sever disease like diabetes and kidney problems in later adulthoods.

Table of Contents
ABSTRACT 2
INTRODUCTION 4
REFERENCES 5

INTRODUCTION
The oral health can be describe as the health which is related to the gums, teeth and
overall facial systems. The dental caries, tooth decay is the non communicable disease and this
disease is spreading more in the children because of consumption of the more amount of
chocolates, sweets and other sugar content (Hartwig Romano, and Azevedo, 2019). The dental
caries arises in the children due to the many factors. The main factor of the dental and oral
health problems is because of the in taking of the high sugar content. The high sugar content
increased the cariogenic bacteria which increase the chance of tooth decay, pain and
inflammation in the oral part. The normal level of the glucose in the saliva is 0.5 to 1.00 mg in
100 ml of the saliva but level of sugar has increased in the saliva by taking of the more sugar
content (Wang and et. al., 2019). The high sugar in the saliva increase the growth of the
microorganism in the mouth and it cause dental caries. The high intake of the sugar content by
the children arises the different kinds of dental caries. The dental caries of the children has been
categorised in the smooth cavities, root cavities and the pit and fissure cavities. The smooth
cavities are developed in the smooth area of the teeth because of not proper brushing and
cleaning of the teeth. The cavities on the roots develop on the lower part of the teeth while pit
and fissure cavities occurs on the those surface of teeth which help in the chewing process. The
pit and fissures cavities has developed due to the not proper chewing the foods. The less chewed
food has large amount of carbohydrates amount which can not be solubilised by the various
enzymes in the mouths (Nichol Holle, and An, 2018). The foods are not solubilised in the mouth
which increase the bacterial attack on the mouth and increase the oral pain and also inflammation
on the mouth and facial area.
The milk teeth have large number of pulp as well as the the teeth are less regular. The
enamel and dentine do not have high mineral content so the sugar content easily deteriorates the
teeth and enamel parts. The oral health problems has increased nowadays because of negligence
of the diet by the peoples (Tong and et. al., 2018). Most of the peoples are affected with the
dental problems but the children and the adolescent are at the more risk. The dental caries is the
most prevalent disease as per the study of the Global Burden of the disease study. Almost the
world's half population has affected with the dental problems. The dental caries not only decay
the tooth while also decrease the quality of life. The dental and oral health problems creates the
difficulties in eating process by increasing the chronic systemic infection. The main cause which

the given research paper has described for the development of the dental carries is the
availability of the free sugar in the food, dietary products and the beverages items. The free sugar
increase the metabolism process of the bacteria in the mouth. The metabolises of the bacteria on
the sugar content increase the acid content in the mouths which demineralise the hard tissues of
the enamel and dentine (Vilarrasa and et. al., 2021). The dental health not only decrease the
health of the children but also increase their absenteeism in the schools and other activities which
is important in their growth. The early stage of the dental problems do not show any symptoms
but the advanced stage lead to severe pain, abscesses, sepsis and the infection. The data of the
different research has showed that the 298 billion money has wasted on the treatment and
prevention of the dental caries. The negligence of diet and taking of sugar in very high amount
can increase the risk of the oral health in among the children.
The research has focused on both qualitative and quantitive methods for analysing the
proper and specific cause and impact of the of the oral health on the children. The qualitative
factors has focused on the basis of the evidenced based factors. The evidence base factor has
focused on the systematics studies and identify the intervention and recommendation of the oral
health problems by using the strategies which has focused on the populations, interventions,
comparators and outcome. The qualitative research has focused on the different types of the
problems which is associated with the different kinds of sugar (Aldosari and et. al., 2022). The
different types of sugar which increase the chance of tooth decay in the children are the free
sugars, added sugar, intrinsic sugar and the total sugars. The research has analysed the impact of
the tooth decay by seeing the effect of the teeth on different kinds of people. The qualitative
analysis has based ion the different social and behavioural determinant because of the different
diet plan and food habits. The quantitive data analysis of the research has based on the risk
assessment of the children by focusing on the data collection which has based on the source,
amount and frequency of the sugars which has taken by the children during the analysis process.
The quantitive analysis is very helpful in describing the consequences of the impact of the sugar
content on the oral health because it is done by the standardization process. The previous report
has showed that the sugar which is available in the beverages item is most prominent for
increasing the sugar level of the children. As per the paediatric guidelines the children should
avoid the beverages like cold drinks and other soft drink. The children should prefer the fruit

juice which has not high amount of sugar content. The children below the one years should not
take the fruit juice without indication of the any health professionals (Silsirivanit, 2019).
The dental and oral health degradation has mostly show their impact on the poor and
vulnerable peoples. The poor and vulnerable peoples faces many problems in the tooth and oral
problems because of the low education, lack of prevention and care. The vulnerable and poor
peoples have low economical status and they can not afford the health strategies which is needed
in the oral health plan because of the cost effective. The another challenge which increase the
problems of oral health in the countries is the absence of the oral health preventives. The World
Health Organisation has increased the taxation process on the beverages items which contains
the high amount of free sugars. AS per WHO increasing the awareness in the schools and public
places regarding the proper consumption of sugar and avoiding the high sweet items is also
helpful in decreasing the impact of the dental and gum problems (Tariq and et. al., 2018).
As per the research report the gum disease like gingivitis, periodontists, oral cancer and
sensitive teeth likes problems are also faced by the children because of high taking the sugar
content. The gingivitis is the gum disease arises due to inflammation of the teeth because of the
high acid reflux in the mouths (Rani Budiardjo and Soetopo 2018). The periodontists is the gum
disease which increase infection in the mouth and destroy the soft tissues and bones in the mouth
which supports the teeth. The periodontists increase the inflammation in the gums which increase
the painful chewing. The periodontists also increase the bad breath and bad smell and loose the
teeth which is not good for the children (Eremin, Lepilin and Lipatova, 2021). The continuing
gum and teeth problems has increased the oral cancer cases in the children . The tooth sensitivity
decrease the efficiency of the children in taking the proper diet. The sensitivity also increase the
irritability, uncomfortably. The higher intake of sugar and oral health problems also increase the
efficiency of the children to affect with the diabetes, kidney problems and the cardiovascular
disease. The main objectives of this research paper is to focus on the different impact of the
sugar content on the oral health by providing the national data which has focused on the different
sugar content and their impact on the children by focusing on the different behavioural and social
determinants. The review of this research also focused on the different recommendation
strategies which help ion reducing the sugar content in the food items as well also provided the
different ways which is helpful for the doctors and families to encourage the children to avoids
the beverages and chocolates in high amount (Belotti and Frazao, 2022). The goal of this thesis is

to describe the impact of oral health problems deeply as well as also advance the different
methods which is based on the evidence and clinical based strategies for identifying the accurate
methods for reducing the oral and dental caries impact (Bustamante and et. al., 2020). The
research has also focused on the different recommendation which reduce the other consequences
of the oral health which is related to the high sugar intake and help in improving the quality of
life of the children. The research has also considered the intervention methods which is
accessible to the children for minimising the risk of lifetime dental caries. The intervention
process includes the use of fluorides and availability of the oral health care which is based on
the patients the behavioural factors.

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