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How Your Diet Affects Your Dental Health

Crosby Family Dental is dedicated to your whole family’s dental health and we know it can be hard to form and keep good habits that keep your teeth and gums healthy. This week’s blog will focus on how your dietary choices affect your dental health.

Sugar

We all know that sugar is bad for our teeth, but sometimes we can be surprised at the foods that contain sugar. Even something as simple as a cracker can glob up between your teeth and it takes just about 20 minutes for those starches to turn to sugar and start to eat away at your tooths’ enamel.

Acid

Many of our common foods are high in acid and are bad for your teeth. Sodas are one of the worst things for your teeth, as most of us know, but most people think it’s because it’s because of the sugar. While the sugar isn’t good for your teeth, of course, the acid in sodas is just as bad, if not worse, for your dental health. Fruit juice, wine, pickles, lemons, and even honey are all high in acid and thus, prolonged exposure is bad for your teeth.

This doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy these foods and drinks, but you should be aware of what you are eating and follow good dental hygiene habits. We’ll go over a few below but you can read more about good dental hygiene habits below.

Rinse With Water

If you can’t brush your teeth after every bite you take, and who can, be sure to rinse your teeth off with water after you eat anything that has high sugar (or can turn to sugar) or is highly acidic.
Brush Often

Brush at least twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste and floss at least once.

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