Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Food that is Not Good for Your Teeth

Eating habits of people like what and how they eat can have a great impact on oral health. Not only improper brushing and flossing can cause oral problems but also there are certain food that can be harmful for your teeth.

Food That Is Not Good For Your Teeth

Following is the list of food items that are not good for your teeth :

1) Sugary food: After consuming of sugary food, an acidic environment is created in your mouth as the bacteria in your mouth reacts with this kind of food, thus forming acid. This acid attacks the tooth and start dissolving outer layers of tooth. Regular consumption of sugary food is like bathing the teeth in acid, which can dissolve the enamel easily.

2) Acidic food: If you are consuming regularly the food that has high amount of acid can be very harmful for your teeth. Dental professionals suggests to rinse your mouth thoroughly after consuming such kind of food such as lemons, oranges, tomatoes, grape fruit etc.

3) Starchy food: Junk food or starchy foods like potato chips, pizza, pasta, burgers and white bread can easily get struck in between the teeth. The starch, these food contains will soon convert  in to sugar immediately after consuming of this food. Thus enamel of the teeth starts to become decalcified.

4) Soda drinks: Soda drinks are very bad for teeth, if regularly consumed. These drinks not only contains a lot of sugar, but also phosphoric and citric acid that can damage the enamel of the teeth. As these drinks contains artificial sweeteners, it can easily effect your teeth.

5) Pickles and ketchup: These can easily open up pores of your teeth enamel and your teeth gets easily stained

6) Sauces: Sauces like soy sauce and tomato sauce that are dark colored can easily stain your teeth.

7) Alcohol: Alcohol is one of the drinks that is bad for your teeth, because consumption of alcohol dries your mouth and saliva production is reduced. Saliva helps in defending cavities. So drying of mouth can increase the risk of cavities in your teeth. As alcohol contains acid, it can dissolve the enamel of the teeth. 

8) Chewable and sticky food: Chewable and sticky food will remain on the surface of the tooth for long time after consuming, thus saliva in your mouth can't come in contact with this tooth to neutralize acid. This can lead to tooth decay.

Try to avoid these food for keeping your teeth healthy and strong for longer life.


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