British Dietetic Association policy statement: Diet and dental caries
1980
Lauder, Norma M. | Valentine, A.D.
Clinical evidence has linked diet and its method of ingestion as a factor in the etiology of dental caries. Dental caries appears to be an epidemic disease associated with Western civilized diets; 96% of 9 year old British children need dental treatment. This disease is preventable and methods of disease prevention should include diet improvement. The most significant causal agent in dental caries is sucrose. Reductions in the amount and frequency of sucrose consumption may be preventative. School snack shops should be encouraged to reduce the sale of sugary foods and drinks. Food chemists should develop non-cariogenic sweeteners. Nutrition educators must aim at target groups to emphasize the role of diet in the development of dental disease. Above all, more cooperation between dietitians and dentists is needed.
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