Using data from 1997 till 2006, researchers have found that there has been a steady increase in the need for children to get dental care mainly due to their diet and other external factors. Children need prompt dental care for their baby teeth are lost, and replaced by permanent teeth. With the common wisdom in the dental field to prevention rather than reconstruction, there has been a steep rise in these children getting tooth problems that need alot of care and maintenance to allow them to keep their original teeth lessening need for costly dental reconstruction in adult life. Dietary changes and junk food are to blame with softdrinks and the phosphoric acid they contain much to blame, a regular part of children all over the globe that eats away teeth making them softer, resulting in tooth loss.