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Originally Posted by drsmiley06
I see people all the time at the clinics I work at who are 22 and have no teeth. It's not necessarily the soda that'll decay your teeth, it's the lack of brushing and flossing. Granted, that's alot of soda to drink, but one can never say it was purely the soda that did it. It's the same with drug addicts. You can never just say, well the drugs decayed their teeth down to nothing. No! It's the drugs coupled with the fact that you don't brush and floss your teeth that decayed the teeth. Good article though!
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Acid erosion, also known as
dental erosion, is the irreversible loss of tooth structure due to chemical dissolution by acids not of
bacterial origin. Dental erosion is the most common chronic disease of children ages 5–17,
[1] although it is only relatively recently that it has been recognised as a dental health problem.
[2] There is generally widespread ignorance of the damaging effects of acid erosion; this is particularly the case with erosion due to fruit juices, because they tend to be seen as healthy.
[3][4] Erosion is found initially in the
enamel and, if unchecked, may proceed to the underlying
dentin.
The most common cause of erosion is by acidic foods and drinks. In general, foods and drinks with a
pH below 5.0–5.7 have been known to trigger dental erosion effects.
[5] Numerous clinical and laboratory reports link erosion to excessive consumption of drinks. Those thought to pose a risk are soft drinks and fruit drinks, fruit juices such as
orange juice (which contain
citric acid) and
carbonated drinks such as
colas (in which the
carbonic acid is not the cause of erosion, but citric and
phosphoric acid). Additionally,
wine has been shown to erode teeth, with the pH of wine as low as 3.0–3.8.
[5] Other possible sources of erosive acids are from exposure to
chlorinated swimming pool water, and regurgitation of
gastric acids.
Acid erosion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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