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A SURVEY ON PREVALENCE OF DENTAL CARIES DUE TO INTAKE OF HARD AND SOFT CANDIES

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Indugayathrie VT, S.Sangeetha

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AIM The aim of this study is to assess whether chocolates i.e hard and soft candies consumption leads to increased risk of dental caries. INTRODUCTION Hard and soft candies have high sugar content .Consumption of these chocolates has a high risk of dental caries due to the presence of bacteria . These baterias use the sugar present in these chocolates as a medium of growth and releases acid during the breakdown of these sugars leading to dental caries.

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