• What is it in cola drinks that ruin enamel? Is it sugar or the acids?

    From Ottavio Caruso@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 5 16:45:00 2021
    ... or both? For example, what's the chance (and evidence) of zero sugar Coke/Pepsi doing any harm to enamel?

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    Ottavio Caruso

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  • From Steven Bornfeld@21:1/5 to Ottavio Caruso on Mon Jul 5 13:05:56 2021
    On 7/5/2021 11:45 AM, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
    ... or both? For example, what's the chance (and evidence) of zero sugar Coke/Pepsi doing any harm to enamel?


    It's the acids. Somewhere I remember a paper that put extracted teeth
    into various soft drinks and measured damage. IIRC the champ was
    Mountain Dew.
    Remember we're talking direct demineralization, not decay.

    Steve

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