Stop drinking carbonated drinks!

[cat_mioux]

They'll wreck your teef!

Visited my dentist this morning for a check up and I asked him why just the gums above my top teeth were red and inflamed. It turns out all the mineral water (I thought it was good for me 😐 )I drink every day, even during the night, contains acid or something. I was drinking up to litre a day. The same goes for juice too and of course soft drinks.

It's just plain water for me now.  :_|

[poddster]

Dentists, just like lawyers are well known for feathenesting 🙂

[cat_mioux]

Tooth Enamel Damage

Tooth enamel damage and cavities dramatically increase in those who drink carbonated soda pop, although it is largely a reflection of sugar content, much more so than carbonation. Pure carbonated water does not contain sugar, but its acidity due to carbonic acid could be harmful to tooth enamel if consumed in large quantities as enamel is dissolved below a pH level of about 5.2. Soda water that has phosphoric and citric acids added is much more acidic and poses a higher risk of enamel erosion.

[2106greencat]

Wonder if tonic water is the same - mind you I dilute mine - with heaps of gin :^O

[purple_haize]

Not only is fizzy drinks bad for your teeth, my son in law got gout from the fizzy drinks, he has seen several drs. re the gout and they have all said it was the worst gout they had seen in a person.

He is alergic to alchohol so was drinking fizzy drinks instead. The drs. told him to drink water only and his foot would get better, and it has.

[icyfroth]

I wonder if that applies to champagne?

[purple_haize]

😄

I wonder if that applies to champagne?

No, couldnt possibly apply to champagne

[patchoo78]

my dentist said Coke contain phosphoric ACID and people who drink it may as well chuck $5 notes out the window.

Every soft drink contains phosphoric acid; there is a link between drinking soft drinks and early onset osteoporosis. Phosphoric acid leeches the calcium from your bones thus affecting your bone density. 

The amount of sugar in soft drink if taken on it's own would make you vomit; the phosphoric acid in soft drink counteracts this and tricks your body. Soft drink also has sodium which as you know makes you thirsty and makes you want to drink more soft drink

Wonder if tonic water is the same - mind you I dilute mine - with heaps of gin

At least you won't get malaria.. :^O (tonic water has quinine which is a medication given for malaria)

[cherry*135]

I think what your dentist  says is true, however, one would have to take into account the amount of these types of  drinks a person drinks in a day and whether they take good care of their teeth as well.

If you drink a lot of orange juice and clean your teeth regularly I can't see how it can cause damage to them.

My children drank orange juice a lot  (& water) when they lived at home and have no problems whatsoever with their teeth. So,I don't believe juice rots your teeth, unless you don't clean them properly/regularly.

I like sparkling Italian mineral water, but don't drink a lot of it. Is there a difference in quality/ingredients between that and the cheaper brands?

[b3llag1na]

*sigh*

So my soda water turns out to be bad for me as well?? I don't drink much of the flavoured stuff (an occasional Coke Zero) but do enjoy the bubbles in my soda water.

I usually have at least one or two large glasses a day, nice and cold.

It looks like I'll have to switch to boring "flat" water now 😞

[monman12]

My dentist said Coke contain phosphoric ACID and people who drink it may as well chuck $5 notes out the window.

"Stop drinking carbonated drinks! They'll wreck your teef!"

Nonsense

Read a littlee about practical science/biology/chemistry.
"Will soda dissolve your teeth? The short answer is 'no,' and the longer answer is, 'no, of course not.' And yet there is a rumor, and has been for decades, that a nail dropped in coca cola will be dissolved in a few days — which led to the widespread idea that the soda would dissolve teeth, too.

Coca-Cola will not dissolve a tooth (or a nail, or a penny, or a piece of meat) overnight

 The concentration of acid in these products is so low that our digestive systems are easily capable of coping with it with no harm to us.
The idea that any substance which can dissolve teeth must therefore damage our teeth if we drink it is nonsensical.  We don't hold drinks in our mouths for days at a time anyliquids we drink simply wash over our teeth very briefly, and our teeth are further protected by their enamel coating and the ameliorating effects of saliva.

Sugared soft drink was one of 15 cariogenic (tooth decay causing) substances listed

• sugar and chocolate confectionery
• cakes and biscuits
• buns, pastries, fruit pies
• sponge puddings and other puddings
• table sugar
• sugared breakfast cereals
• jams, preserves, honey
• ice cream
• fruit in syrup
• fresh fruit juices
• sugared soft drinks
• sugared, milk-based beverages
• sugar-containing alcoholic drinks
• dried fruits
• syrups and sweet sauces.

You worry about your teeth (based on anecdotal myth) give up the above!.