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Sugar and Acid in Drinks Blamed for Tooth Erosion
Brushing teeth immediately after having a meal will do further damage to tooth enamel. Acids in food will already have softened the enamel making it easy to be scratched off.
Key takeaways:
– Tooth erosion has been on the rise as people consume lots of acidic drinks. Acid corrodes tooth enamel making it thin and leads to sensitive and cracked teeth.
– Drinks such as soft drinks, fruit juices, sports drinks, and teas contain high amounts of acids.
– These drinks also contain high amounts of sugar that combine with plaque bacteria to produce acids that attack tooth enamel.
In soft drinks, especially in cola soft drinks, one of the main flavoring agents is phosphoric acid. That’s the acid we use in dentistry to roughen tooth enamel before applying a bonding agent. We use it like sandpaper.
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Posted by adwords on 1st January 2017, under Oral Hygiene and Prevention
Dr. Kishanie Wijesinghe Little BDSDr. Kishanie Little is passionate about delivering excellent dentistry and dental restorations that are life-like and indistinguishable from natural teeth. She believes that restorations (fillings/crowns/veneers) should look beautiful – and that they should last. Dr. Little keeps abreast of new developments in restorative dentistry through post-graduate training.
Dr. Little is also an experienced Facial Aesthetistician, including Botulinum toxins (such as Botox) and Dermafillers. She appreciates how simple and subtle changes to smooth and relax muscles can “freshen” a face, to look younger.
In her personal time, she loves to cook, read, run, practice yoga and pilates, play a bad game of tennis and am now learning to play golf. She loves Art and Theatre and support the Tate Modern. She also enjoys writing and has a book in the works.
