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The Sweet Acid can Ruin your Smile
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Pucker up with sour candy and you risk ruining your smile,says a new Minnesota Dental Association report on tooth enamel erosion. Threats like Sour Skittles, Super Lemon, and some flavoured Altoids are high in acids that strip away teeth’s protective surface.Dentist Robert J. Marolt offers this advice:
* Rinse right away.
Swishing water in your mouth after a candy help wash away the acid
* Wait a half hour to brush.
The acid of a sour candy softens the fragile surface of the teeth. Brushing immediately after eating one could cause damage.
* Skip fruit flavours.
Lemon,grape and cherry destroy more enamel than do mint and cinnamon,which are lower in acid.
* Switch to sugar-free gum.
It can satisfy your oral urge while stimulating saliva flow,which protects enamel.
Quick Facts :
Root beer was found to be the least acidic of all soft drinks,with a pH 4.038.Pepsi and Coke are about pH 2.325.(A pH below 7 can corrode tooth enamel). Livescience.com
