Soft Drinks cause Potential Damage to your Teeth
March 27th, 2008 - No Comments - Category: Dental Care Basics
Soft drinks are no more an occasional treat; now people drink them more than the daily their intake of water. This tremendous increase in daily consumption of soda pop has become the main cause of tooth decay, especially in children. Even small one and two year old kids drink pop daily. Dentists and researches opine that daily intake of soft drinks can potentially cause damage to your teeth.
How Soft Drinks Cause Dental Damage?
- Most of the soft drinks are acidic and contain citric and phosphoric acids. These acids can easily erode your teeth enamel resulting in the exposure of dentin-the underlying tooth structure. And this leads to dental problems.
- Secondly all the soft drinks contain a lot of sugar, typically nine to twelve tablespoons. The pathogens i.e. disease-causing bacteria that cause cavities live by eating sugar. As the sugar is digested by bacteria, more and more acid is produced leading further dissolution of teeth enamel and worsening the condition.
Suggestions to Reduce Tooth Decay caused by Soft Drinks:
Drink through a straw which redirects the drink to your stomach without coming in contact with your teeth.
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