Sip all day, get decay...

Just found this chart as I was trying to clean the spare bedroom. It ranks all of the popular sodas (pops, cokes, soft drinks depending on your geographic location) based on acidity all the way from water (pH= 7) to battery acid (pH= 1).....




And don't forget about the sugar. The bacteria native to your mouth eat up sugars and the byproduct is, you guessed it, more acid! Taking into account that enamel begins to demineralize (breakdown) at pH of 5.5, you can see why soda is so hard on your teeth. Other fun dental facts about soda while we're on the subject.....


*Brushing w/in 20mins of drinking soda is actually BAD for your teeth. The acid makes the enamel soluble (softer) and brushing can actually abrade it away. A better option is using a fluoride rinse.


*Quantity of drinking is less important than duration. Sipping on a 12 oz. can for 2 hours bathes your teeth in acid for 2 hours whereas slamming down a 20 oz.-er only exposes your teeth to acid for a few minutes.


*Mt Dew is especially bad because of its high sugar content and the fact that its drinkers don't mind drinking it when it gets warm. Most sodas taste bad when warm, but Mt Dew drinkers don't mind warm Mt Dew therefore they are okay with slowly sipping it....