These Are the , Worst Foods and Drinks, for Your Teeth.
Taking care of your teeth is obviously important.
Professionals say that foods that have table sugar as an ingredient are particulalrly bad for your teeth.
Chewy or sticky foods can also be problematic because of how they get stuck in between your teeth.
In addition to being high in sugar, sodas and fruit juices are also highly acidic.
High acidity can also be bad for your teeth.
Our teeth begin to break down when the acid level in the mouth dips below a pH of 5.5, Dr. Rocio Quinonez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, via 'The New York Times'.
Sodas tend to have a pH around 3 to 4, Dr. Rocio Quinonez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, via 'The New York Times'.
Fruit juices are often overlooked as cavity-culprits while eating actual fruit is less detrimental.
It’s better to eat the fruit than to drink it, Dr. Dorota Kopycka-Kedzierawski, University of Rochester Medical Center, via 'The New York Times'.
If you must drink
sugary drinks, experts
say that it's better to
drink them quickly.
I would rather you’re a gulper not a sipper, Dr. Rocio Quinonez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, via 'The New York Times'.
To mitigate the effects, experts recommend sugar-free gum because it stimulates the salivary glands.
Sugar-free gum with xylitol, when chewed three times a day, has been shown to increase your salivary
flow, and also has an
antimicrobial effect, Dr. Apoena de Aguiar Ribeiro, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, via 'The New York Times'.
Some black and green teas can also be beneficial as long as you don't add sugar