3 August 2010
Increased consumption of soft drinks and energy drinks by Australian teenagers is fuelling a “silent epidemic” of tooth erosion, according to the Australian Dental Association South Australia (ADASA).
Recent research conducted in Australian schools has found that 68 percent of students have at least one tooth that exhibits signs of erosion (1). This rate is significantly higher than those of their counterparts in the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (3).