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Is sugar really bad for teeth?
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| anoldfart2@invalid.com 2005-07-26, 8:45 am |
| All my life I have heard about sugar and teeth !
Is sugar really bad for teeth?
I mean, where's the proof? Now a days you cant beleive anything said
about food or diet, so why is this true (or not)?
I cant understand why sugar should cause tooth decay anymore than any
other food. It's not like drinking some sort of acid that will
dissolve the teeth. I'd tend to think that something acidic like
oranges would be more harmful, but supposedly they are not....
Just an Old Fart
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| dwacon 2005-07-26, 5:45 pm |
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<anoldfart2@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> All my life I have heard about sugar and teeth !
> Is sugar really bad for teeth?
Sodas are because the sugar works on one end and the acidity of the soda
causes the body to lose calcium... so you have weakend teeth.
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| Queenie 2005-07-26, 5:45 pm |
| some bacteria in your mouth break the sugar you eat and produce acid, which
attack the tooth enamel, into deeper dental tissues... etc.
<anoldfart2@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> All my life I have heard about sugar and teeth !
> Is sugar really bad for teeth?
> I mean, where's the proof? Now a days you cant beleive anything said
> about food or diet, so why is this true (or not)?
> I cant understand why sugar should cause tooth decay anymore than any
> other food. It's not like drinking some sort of acid that will
> dissolve the teeth. I'd tend to think that something acidic like
> oranges would be more harmful, but supposedly they are not....
>
> Just an Old Fart
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| Mars Observer 2005-07-26, 10:45 pm |
| Actually, I think you are right. Citric acid (oranges, OJ, lemonade,
etc.) is the worst.
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:14:13 -0500, anoldfart2@invalid.com wrote:
>All my life I have heard about sugar and teeth !
>Is sugar really bad for teeth?
>I mean, where's the proof? Now a days you cant beleive anything said
>about food or diet, so why is this true (or not)?
>I cant understand why sugar should cause tooth decay anymore than any
>other food. It's not like drinking some sort of acid that will
>dissolve the teeth. I'd tend to think that something acidic like
>oranges would be more harmful, but supposedly they are not....
>
>Just an Old Fart
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| George Lagergren 2005-07-27, 8:45 am |
| <anoldfart2@invalid.com> wrote:
> All my life I have heard about sugar and teeth !
> Is sugar really bad for teeth?
> I mean, where's the proof? Now a days you cant beleive anything said
> about food or diet, so why is this true (or not)?
I have an older friend who is a sugar addict (puts tons of sugar
in his iced tea).
And then wonders why his teeth are falling out from his jaw socket.
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| Teeth don't fall out from sugar, per se...but rather poor oral hygiene. Buy
your friend a toothbrush and floss.
"George Lagergren" <gel44@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> <anoldfart2@invalid.com> wrote:
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> I have an older friend who is a sugar addict (puts tons of
> sugar
> in his iced tea).
> And then wonders why his teeth are falling out from his jaw socket.
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| George Lagergren 2005-07-28, 12:14 pm |
| "Ceeg" <vandyrunnr@verizon.net> wrote:
> Teeth don't fall out from sugar, per se...but rather poor oral hygiene.
Buy
> your friend a toothbrush and floss.
Perhaps if my friend would drink water instead of vast amounts of
sugar-ized iced tea, his teeth would be in better shape. A sugar addict
needs to carry a toothbrush and toothpaste with them at all times.
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| It really isn't about quantity but rather timing. Sipping on sugar all day
is bad, bad, bad....having sweet tea with dinner is ok because it is mixed
in with foods, etc.
Yes, water would be a good switch...they make sugar free flavored water
now...yum!
"George Lagergren" <gel44@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> "Ceeg" <vandyrunnr@verizon.net> wrote:
> Buy
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> Perhaps if my friend would drink water instead of vast amounts
> of
> sugar-ized iced tea, his teeth would be in better shape. A sugar
> addict
> needs to carry a toothbrush and toothpaste with them at all times.
>
>
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| anoldfart2@invalid.com 2005-08-13, 8:45 am |
| On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:10:08 GMT, "Ceeg" <vandyrunnr@verizon.net>
wrote:
>It really isn't about quantity but rather timing. Sipping on sugar all day
>is bad, bad, bad....having sweet tea with dinner is ok because it is mixed
>in with foods, etc.
>
>Yes, water would be a good switch...they make sugar free flavored water
>now...yum!
>
>
>"George Lagergren" <gel44@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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I have a friend who is going to get all her teeth pulled and get
dentures. She is on one of the low carb diets and has been for quite
a long time. She said her teeth are all rotting away. I asked her if
she drinks soda or eats a lot of sugar. She said that low carb means
NO sugar or soda at all. So why are her teeth rotting?
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| Sounds like your friend may not have very good oral hygiene. You should
also know that low carb does not mean NO carb. Long term exposure to
sugars with lack of mechanical removal of acid producing bacteria would
lead to dental decay. These bacteria utilize the sugars as an energy
source. If they are not removed via brushing and flossing, they
continue to exist in the oral cavity and the acids they produce cause
demineralization of enamel.
That is my 2 cents, and I merely gave you a stripped down definition of
the process of dental decay. Of course I would need to see your friend
in my office and get a good history and take a look at him/her before
making a definitive diagnosis and prognosis.
Hope that helped.
Dr K
anoldfart2@invalid.com wrote in
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> I have a friend who is going to get all her teeth pulled and get
> dentures. She is on one of the low carb diets and has been for quite
> a long time. She said her teeth are all rotting away. I asked her if
> she drinks soda or eats a lot of sugar. She said that low carb means
> NO sugar or soda at all. So why are her teeth rotting?
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