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Sugar Consumption and Dental Caries Occurrences Among Adults Attending UKM Dental Clinic
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NURZUERIANI MA1 , NIK SHANITA S1, NURUL ASYIKIN Y2, ADI R3, TUTI N2, NORIMAH AK1
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1Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia; 2Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, University KebangsaanMalaysia; 3Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia
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Objectives: The objective of this cross sectional study was to determine the association between added sugar eating pattern with dental caries among adults aged 20 to 59 years old at UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Dental Clinic. Methods: A validated sugar food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was used to identify the added sugar intake pattern among subjects. Dental caries status was clinically evaluated by two qualified dentists and reported using DMFT index. Anthropometric measurements were also carried out and included weight, height, waist circumference and body fat percentage. Results: A total of 168 subjects which comprised of72.6% females and 27.4% males were recruited for this study.Overall mean added sugar intake was 77g/day with males consuming significantly (P<0.001) moreadded sugar (116.2 g/day) compared with females (62.3 g/day).For dental caries occurrences, the subjects were categorized into two groups; with (DMFT >0) and without caries experience (DMFT=0). About 86.9% of subjects had experienced dental caries while another 13.1% were classified as caries-free. Man Whitney tests revealed that subjects with caries consumed significantly higher (P<0.001) food with added sugar (80.3g/day) compared to subjects without caries(55.4g/day). Conclusions: High added sugar eating pattern appears to be one of the contributing factors towards occurrence of dental caries in adults. However, the precise characterization of the relationship between frequency of carbohydrate intake, sugar and starch composition and oral hygiene shall be further examined.
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17th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING MALSEC IADR 2018