Prevalence of dental caries among workers in the sweets industry in Israel

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Abstract
The prevalence of dental caries among workers in the sweets industry was studied. Three confectionaries were selected for the study. Most employees consented to be examined and were included in the study. The participants were distributed into 2 main groups: production line workers (228 participants) and non-production line workers (195 participants). The control group consisted of a group of production line workers from 5 textile industrial establishments; 812 in all. The mean DMFT [decayed-missing-filled teeth] values recorded for the sweets industry workers apparently were significantly higher than those recorded for the control group. Significantly higher mean DMFT values recorded in the production line workers, as compared with the non-production line workers, in the confectionary industry were assumed to be attributed to a higher consumption of sweets and closer exposure to sugar dust. Mean DMFT values increased significantly in relation to the duration of exposure of the effect of carbohydrates in the 2 groups of workers in the sweets industry.

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