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  • If you take your teeth, put them in a glass, pour soda over them and let them stand for days (or was it weeks...?), it will dissolve away the teeth. I saw a science project on it. Some kid actually acquired some used teeth and did the experiment for a science fair. I believe the clear drinks were the worst, but I don't really remember. So, I strongly recommend not soaking your teeth in (what amounts to) sugar saturated carbonic acid (i.e. soda pop). If, on the other hand, you take your teeth, pour soda over them momentarily then rinse immediately with a buffered, mineral-rich solution like, maybe, fresh saliva - you could probably do that daily for a lot of years before affecting any measurable reduction in tooth enamel. By the way, lots of food are acidic. Many are more acidic than soda. I think anything tomato-sauce based qualifies, for example. (Tomato-based foods are also very effective for cleaning oxidized copper, by the way.) I have never actually heard of a case of enamel loss due to drinking soda - and I have known people who drank on average more than a can a day, but at the same time I do not doubt that cases exist - probably extreme excessive consumption or defective saliva or defective enamel. I don't recall ever hearing a dentist (I see one every six months) mentioning it either - So, while I agree that excessive consumption of soda is a bad idea for your teeth and your health, if it was a significant risk I would expect to see more interest from several independent sources.
  • i heard that A&W cream soda is the least damaging for your teeth.
  • Absolutely it damages them, even if you're not soaking your teeth in it (that would be awkward). My cousin had to have her teeth veneered because of enamel loss due to Pepsi, but that's understandable when you take into consideration that she drank nothing but Pepsi for a very long time. I would say in sensible amounts, it's fairly safe, as long as you're a regular brusher (and we all should be). The lesson I learned from my cousin is don't drink 3L of Pepsi daily. On the plus side, her teeth look great now.
  • Yes, regular sodas are very bad for your teeth. It is the biggest cause of tooth decay because most soda drinkers don't think to rinse out their mouth or brush their teeth afterward. The sugars sit on the teeth all day long. If you are a big soda drinker, you may want to consider a low calorie or no calorie soda. I know....they taste gross. But the new Coke Zero is pretty good.
  • all kinds of soda damages your teeth. they eat at the..enamel i think its called, and they all nearly contain sugar, which is known to cause cavities. also, if you put a tooth in a glass of cola for....lets say, a week, the tooth should have dissolved! if its powerful to wash off blood, and do that much damage to your teeth, then what else can it do? (go check mythbusters-they did alot of cola myths)
  • I saw a test in a chemistry lab when I was 10. It was a piece of raw meat in a dish covered in coke and a very dirty old penny. The next day the meat was sludge and the penny looked new. I have never touched sodas since. They kill the enamel on your teeth. Coke and other sodas and carbonated drinks are great for cleaning even badly stained porcelain. What does that tell you about the affect on your teeth.
  • Any soda is going to cause acid wear on your teeth. Acid wear is when the acids in the soda gradually break down the enamels in the teeth making your teeth more susceptible to tooth decay. The sugars don't do much for your chompers either.
  • The soda that causes the most tooth damage is the one you are drinking when the hockey puck flies out of the rink and blasts you in the mouth. If you are watching hockey on TV in the evening, you probably won't get smacked, so just brush your teeth before you go to bed.
  • Mountain Dew is the MOST damaging. Trust me..that is all i've ever drank..and now i am having to get teeth work done. I will never drink that again..or any other damaging soda's. But i have a question...i heard that water is bad for your teeth too..how so??
  • Well I think that sodas really do damage your teeth because it has acids and sugars and that stuff damage your teeth. I don't know which type of soda damages your teeth the most, oh well someone might know the answer to tha
  • If you use energy drinks and pop the energy drink Amp will do the worst damage to your teeth.

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