Re: Cariogenicity of DIET Mountain Dew

From: Dr Steve (nospam_at_home.net)
Date: 06/09/04 

Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 17:16:53 GMT

If you have a perfectly clean mouth,,,,, no, soda pop will not rot your
teeth. But, if you have a bit of dental plaque stuck to your teeth which is
not being removed daily, then soda pop will greatly accelerate the decay
process. Many soda pops have a pH almost identical to vinegar. Ever do the
lab experiment where you soak a raw egg in vinegar overnight, then push it
through the neck of a pop bottle with out breaking it? Bacterial plaque
create decay by metabolizing carbohydrates, such as glucose, into various
compounds and excreting an acid. The acid eats a hole in the tooth. Soak
the plaque in lots of strong acid, and there is just much more acid there to
do the work. 

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Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S.
Troy, Michigan, USA
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"Joel M. Eichen, D.D.S." <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:o03bc0ljsf692mau2h1l4q11fk37uv725j@4ax.com...
> The cariologists are all at a heart convention .......... they misread
> the flyer and sent their money in too quickly.
>
> JOEL
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> PS- I agree with you. Without bacteria, no problem!
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> >On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:58:09 -0400, "Le Huart"
<fritzfieldNOSPAM@adelphia.net> wrote:
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> >Then the group would seem to concur that DIET soft drinks are as
cariogenic
> >as regular soft drinks. I thought that the bacteria needed a substrate
i.e.
> >sugar and then generated their own low pH. Any cariologists out there?
> >
>