Showing severe concerns regarding the health of people, dentists in the region are strictly urging the authorities to reiterate their earlier call for the introduction of public health warnings on soft drinks.

Today is World Diabetes Day and to celebrate same, the Irish Dental Association has made this new call to make more people aware of their health and its needs. To serve their purpose, IDA has urged the Minister for Health to issue public health warning labels on all carbonated soft drinks that are today being sold in the market.

Moreover, IDA has also requested the ministers and the concerned authorities to introduce new legislations making it mandatory for the producers of the soft drinks to clearly stipulate the sugar content of food and drinks on the sold products.

Dentists raised their concerns following results of the latest study that confirmed that half of all 12-year-olds and three-quarters of all 15-year-olds in Ireland are suffering from one or the other decay of permanent teeth, which has made tooth decay the most common chronic disease among Irish children.

Dr. Conor McAlister, the President of the IDA is among those who have urged the authorities to take some severe steps to lower the number of the sufferers of tooth decays in the region. He has highlighted in his statement about the harmful effects that sugars in food and beverages actually cause in the mouth.

Dr. McAlister added in his statement that similar earlier action, or the issue of warning systems on alcohol and tobacco, worked well for the population. Thus, their group has again started a similar effort to lessen the chances of tooth decays that are today being caused majorly by the soft drinks.