Study shows acidic fruit teas can wear away teeth
NewsPosted by: Dental Design 26th February 2018
As reported in the BBC, a new investigation by scientists has shown that sipping acidic drinks such as fruit teas and flavoured water can wear away teeth and damage enamel.
The research conducted by the King’s College London team revealed that drinking them between meals and savouring the acid, increased the risk of teeth erosion.
The results were derived from inspecting the diets of 300 people that have severe erosive tooth wear. Fruit squashes, cordials, diet drinks, fruit teas and flavoured water were all common within their lifestyles.
Dr Saoirse O’Toole, the lead study author, from King’s College London Dental Institute, told the BBC: “If you drink things for long periods of time, greater than five minutes, or if you play with things in your mouth or if you nibble on fruit over a few minutes rather than eating them as a whole fruit – these are things that can really damage your teeth.
“If you’re going to have an apple as a snack at lunchtime, then try not to have anything acidic later on in the evening.
“If you are going to have a glass of wine in the evening, then don’t have your fruit tea in the morning.
“Just balance things in your diet.”
