Flip Side: Children and Pocket Money

The current pocket money trends among school children are steeply increasing. The children receiving pocket money indulge in unhealthy habits. Access to pocket money by children has a direct influence on sweet snacking and junk food consumption. This unhealthy habit has gigantically leaped forward nowadays in school-aged children, leading to bitter consequences for their oral hygiene. There is a wide availability of fast food in nearby school areas, with prices within the range of pocket money. The pocket money trend turns out to be a risk factor for dental caries. This e-poster represents a questionnaire-based survey conducted among school children to show the implications of pocket money related to oral health in paediatric dentistry. Palabras clave: caries, children and pocket money