THE ILL EFFECTS IN THE ORAL HEALTH AMONG THE ADULTS DUE TO THE CONSUMPTION OF AERATED DRINKS
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 43
Abstract
BACKGROUND Excessive consumption of carbonated soft drink is detrimental to oral and general health and the popularity of the aerated drinks among adults has grown exponentially. This study aims at determining the prevalence of aerated drinks among students in PSG Institute of management. The focus of the study is mainly on the aerated drinks consumption pattern, frequency of consumption, reason and the following symptoms. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted using questionnaire. About 200 students in PSG Institute of Management were taken for the study and the answer to the questions were analysed. RESULTS The results showed that out of the total participants 93% reported consuming aerated drinks out of which 84% of participants were seen to consume aerated drink for a period of more than 3 years. About 55% of participants were found to have symptoms like sensitivity. About 41% of them were found to have anterior tooth discoloration and 47% of them were found to have bleeding gums. About 52% of them were found to have mouth dryness consuming aerated drinks. Hence, the participants who took larger quantity of aerated drinks for a longer period of time were found to have more than three symptoms of the study conducted (sensitivity, anterior tooth discoloration, bleeding gums and mouth dryness). CONCLUSION The above study clearly shows that there is an increase in proportion of consumption of aerated drinks among young adult, thus resulting in increased ill effect in the oral health.
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Abhirami Kannan, Valli Govindarajan
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- DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2017/527
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