Bad and Good Soft Drinks For Your Tooth Health

non-alcoholic drinks, especially light drinks and canned ice tea look "aggressively" harm teeth!

"Drinking any type of soft drink poses a risk to the health of your teeth," says AGD spokesperson Kenton Ross, DMD, FAGD. Dr. Ross recommends that patients consume fewer soft drinks by limiting their food intake. He also advises patients to drink with a straw, which will reduce soda contact with the teeth.

non-alcoholic drinks such as Sprite, Mountain Dew, and Arizona iced tea were especially harmful to tooth enamel, report researchers from the University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School. Tap water, root beer, beer, black tea, black coffee all showed minimal enamel damage. If you have more soft drink kind of person, it seems that the root beer might be the safest when it comes to keeping your teeth strong and healthy.

Summary:

• Non-cola soft drinks caused two to five times the damage darker drinks such as Coca Cola, Pepsi and Dr. Pepper.
• Canned iced tea caused 30 times the enamel damage brewed tea or coffee.
• non-cola drinks cause up to 180 times more damage to tooth enamel than water.
• Root beer is the safest soft drink tested.

The best defense against tooth decay is drinking fewer soft drinks. Also, the more time between non-alcoholic beverages, rinse mouth with water after drinking, or brushing your teeth will also help.