Alhareky Muhanad
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi J Med Med Sci. 2021 May-Aug;9(2):113-117. doi: 10.4103/sjmms.sjmms_54_21. Epub 2021 Apr 29.
Dental caries is one of the largest health concerns worldwide, and a key causative factor is excess sugar intake. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are one of the largest sources of added sugars, which significantly contribute to adverse oral and general health. To reduce SSB consumption and its consequent impact on health, including dental caries, several interventional measures have been implemented; sugar taxation is one such measure. This review aimed at understanding the current knowledge available regarding the effect of sugar taxation on dental caries. Accordingly, PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Scopus were searched with relevant keywords and findings from the identified studies are discussed in this review article.
龋齿是全球最大的健康问题之一,一个关键的致病因素是糖分摄入过量。含糖饮料是添加糖的最大来源之一,对口腔健康和总体健康有显著的不良影响。为了减少含糖饮料的消费及其对健康(包括龋齿)的后续影响,已经实施了几项干预措施;糖税就是其中一项措施。本综述旨在了解关于糖税对龋齿影响的现有知识。因此,使用相关关键词在PubMed、考克兰图书馆、科学网和Scopus中进行了检索,并在这篇综述文章中讨论了已识别研究的结果。