Soft drinks Can Mean Soft Teeth Surrey

Soft Drinks Can Mean Soft Teeth Surrey

I often get asked what is the best food and drink to take to keep your teeth and gums healthy. Looking after you teeth and gums requires an understanding not only about how to brush,,floss and attend check ups but also what you eat and drink.

Acid softens the enamel of your teeth. Despite the nutritional benefits of citric fruits, the citric acid they leave in your mouth leaves your teeth open to premature wear if you brush your teeth after eating an orange for example. You can wear down the enamel which exposes the dentine of your tooth leaving your open to tooth decay. A way to minimise this is to swill your mouth out with water to neutralise the acid ph after you have eaten a citric fruit before cleaning your teeth.

A real threat to healthy teeth are carbonated drinks. They have high levels of acid in them, regardless of them being sugar free or not can damage the enamel on your teeth. There are many tooth pastes offering differing types of cleaning, whitening and protective qualities but it is also important to consider acid erosion from digestion.

Acid Reflux

There is alot of acid in your digetive system. On occasion the acid and paritially digested food moves the opposite way up our alimentary canal often when we sleep. People who have this more commonly will complain of a bitter taste in their mouth when they wake up. The digestive acids can soften the enamel as well. A final consideration is that acid erosion of the teeth may be as a result of self inflicted vomiting often associated with anorexia and bulimia.

 

Best wishes

Tom

Dr Tom Keppel

Posted by Dr Tom Keppel on 22 September 2011 | 0 Comments

Tags: general dentistry, good health, enamel erosion, acid erosion, tooth decay, gum disease