Utsana Tonmukayakul

Jul 21, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Tan Nguyen |Utsana Tonmukayakul |Long Le |Ankur Singh

1 INTRODUCTION Dental caries is responsible for 70% of all tooth loss (Ling & Tao, 2016) and is the most prevalent oral disease affecting 29.5% of global population (GBD 2017 Oral Disorders Collaborators et al., 2020). Excessive tooth loss affects masticatory efficiency and can lead to less healthy food choices and impacts general health and wellbeing (Cascaes et al., 2022; Zelig et al., 2019). Excess free sugars is the primary cause of dental caries (Sheiham & James, 2015).