Via Gizmodo.com
Want to keep your enamel? Please stay away from that sour candy!
Your mouth likes to sit at about a pH of 7.2-7.4. When you eat, this pH goes down to become slightly more acidic and then the saliva in your mouth re-establishes it back to its usual. Sour candy has such a low pH that it has a tendency to overcome our mouth's built-in mechanism for protecting your teeth from acidic erosion and leaves them susceptible to both the acid in the candy and other foods you eat, as well as bacteria in your mouth that are looking for an opportunity to take advantage of weaker tooth structure. Check out Northwest Dentistry for their research article.
Your mouth likes to sit at about a pH of 7.2-7.4. When you eat, this pH goes down to become slightly more acidic and then the saliva in your mouth re-establishes it back to its usual. Sour candy has such a low pH that it has a tendency to overcome our mouth's built-in mechanism for protecting your teeth from acidic erosion and leaves them susceptible to both the acid in the candy and other foods you eat, as well as bacteria in your mouth that are looking for an opportunity to take advantage of weaker tooth structure. Check out Northwest Dentistry for their research article.
Acidic Erosion of Teeth
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