Tooth-Friendly Drinks

[Chocobear]

I'm wondering if someone can recommend some good, tooth-friendly drinks.

 

[Buell]

you know .. thats a good question .. after having all my dental work ive stopped drinking coffee (dont want to stain my teeth) .. and ive also stopped drinking soda (not that I drank a ton before but the little i did have now and then has stopped)

I dont want to do anything to ruin all the work ive done/getting done

Aside from the obvious water .. Im guessing natural juice would be best .. stuff that is not loaded with artificial sugars and carbonation.

 

[brit]

Non-carbonated water, milky tea, milky coffee.....definitely NOT juice. You can't give up everything you enjoy in life though - it would be so boring. If you do drink sugary drinks, it is the frequency of exposure which counts not how much you drink in one sitting. Sipping coke at your desk all day long is very bad for your teeth, one drink of diet coke per day would be less harmful as it is one exposure daily rather than multiple ones daily.

 

[Buell]

Its so crazy how much i didn't know about what can harm your teeth .. after actually getting on the right track .. i want to do everything I can to make sure i avoid this bad stuff

 

[Buell]

I found this article - interesting read

Each year Americans drink, on average, nearly 600 cans of soda apiece. What does that do to their teeth? Studies have pointed to soft drinks as being responsible for adult’s and children’s tooth decay and obesity problems. It is a huge problem.
Many sodas contain acids and sugars that could erode tooth enamel over time. But when researchers affiliated with the Academy of General Dentistry placed teeth in a variety of soft drinks, they found root beer products did the least damage.
Consumers often consider soft drinks to be harmless, believing that the only concern is sugar content. Most choose to consume “diet” drinks to alleviate this concern. However, diet drinks contain phosphoric acid and/or citric acid and still cause dental erosion — though considerably less than their sugared counterparts.
While sugar in soft drinks is at least partially to blame for tooth decay, there are also other factors. The acidity from certain drinks also plays a role. If mouth acidity increases — and if it happens often enough — the chemical reaction hurts teeth to a greater extent. Over time the result is tooth decay.
Soft drinks, especially light-colored drinks, and canned iced tea appear to “aggressively” harm teeth!
“Drinking any type of soft drink poses risk to the health of your teeth,” says AGD spokesperson Kenton Ross, DMD, FAGD. Dr. Ross recommends that patients consume fewer soft drinks by limiting their intake to meals. He also advises patients to drink with a straw, which will reduce soda’s contact with teeth.
Soft drinks like Sprite, Mountain Dew, and Arizona Iced Tea were especially harmful to tooth enamel, reports researchers from the University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School. Tap water, root beer, brewed black tea, and black coffee all showed minimal enamel damage. If you’re more of a soft drink kind of person, it appears that root beer might be the safest when it comes to keeping your teeth strong and healthy.
Summary:

• Non-cola soft drinks caused two to five times the damage as darker drinks, such as Coke, Pepsi, and Dr. Pepper.
• Canned iced tea caused 30 times the enamel damage as brewed tea or coffee.
• Non-cola drinks cause up to 180 times more tooth enamel damage than did water.
• Root beer was the safest soft drink tested.

The best defense against tooth decay is drinking fewer soft drinks. Also, allowing more time between soft drinks, rinsing your mouth with water after drinking, or brushing your teeth will also help.

 

[RP]

Green tea has been proven to improve gum disease. The more generic, less processed green tea like dried tea leaf the higher the antioxidant component. It also is a very powerful anti-cancer agent as told to me by an oncologist.

ScienceDaily (Mar. 13, 2009) "A study recently published in the Journal of Periodontology, uncovered yet another benefit of green tea consumption. Researchers found that routine intake of green tea may also help promote healthy teeth and gums. The study analyzed the periodontal health of 940 men, and found that those who regularly drank green tea had superior periodontal health than subjects that consumed less green tea. Male participants aged 49 through 59 were examined on three indicators of periodontal disease: periodontal pocket depth (PD), clinical attachment loss (CAL) of gum tissue, and bleeding on probing (BOP) of the gum tissue. Researchers observed that for every one cup of green tea consumed per day, there was a decrease in all three indicators, therefore signifying a lower instance of periodontal disease in those subjects who regularly drank green tea. Green tea's ability to help reduce symptoms of periodontal disease may be due to the presence of the antioxidant catechin. "

They say just one cup a day is enough to make a difference.

I also drink Vitamin water with my meals, has about 50 calories and you can choose from Vitamins A- Z to triple antioxidant in different flavors.

A glass of red wine doesn't hurt either.

Rho

 

[Chocobear]

What about Sobe Lifewater? I tried some yesterday, when I went to work, and I really like it.