High sugar consumption gives rise to dental treatment costs in the billions

(Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Worldwide, people are eating far too much sugar. This has negative consequences for their teeth and for their purses: seen at the global level, the costs of dental treatment are currently running at around $172 billion (€128 billion). These are the results of a joint study conducted by the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the Biotechnology Research and Information Network AG (BRAIN AG) published in the International Journal of Dental R...