Prevention

Soda
Sodas can have up to 11 teaspoons of sugar per serving. To add insult to injury, sodas also contain phosphoric and citric acids, which eat away at tooth enamel. Diet soft drinks let you skip the sugar, but they may have even more acid in the form of the artificial sweeteners.

Sports Drinks
These drinks are usually high in sugar. Like soda or candy, sugary sports drinks create an acid attack on the enamel of your teeth. Drinking them frequently can lead to decay. A better way to stay hydrated at the gym is to chug sugar-free, calorie-free water.

Fruit Juice
Most fruit juices are loaded with sugar. Some juices can have as much sugar per serving as soda. For example, there are only 10 more grams of sugar in orange soda than in orange juice. Fruits are naturally sweet, so look for juice that has no added sugar. You can also reduce the sugar content by diluting juice with some water.

Drinking Red Wine
The acids in wine eat away at tooth enamel, creating rough spots that make teeth more vulnerable to staining. Red wine also contains a deep pigment called chromogen and tannins, which help the color stick to the teeth. This combination makes it easy for the wine’s red color to stay with you long after your glass is empty.

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Chewing on Ice
It’s natural and sugar-free, so you might think ice is harmless. But munching on hard, frozen cubes can chip or even crack your teeth. And if your mindless chomping irritates the soft tissue inside a tooth, regular toothaches may follow. Next time you get the urge for ice, chew some sugarless gum instead.

Cough Drops
Just because cough drops are sold in the medicine aisle doesn’t mean they’re healthy. Most are loaded with sugar. So, after soothing your throat with a lozenge, be sure to brush well. Whether the sugar comes from a cough drop or a hard candy, it reacts with the sticky plaque that coats your teeth. Then bacteria in the plaque convert the sugar into an acid that eats away at tooth enamel. Hello, cavities. There are sugar-free cough drops that are much kinder to teeth.

Gummy Candy
All sugary treats promote tooth decay, but some candies are harder to bear. Gummies stick in the teeth, keeping the sugar and resulting acids in contact with your enamel for hours. If your day just isn’t the same without a gummy critter, pop a couple during a meal instead of as a separate snack. More saliva is produced during meals, which helps rinse away candy bits and acids.

Bedtime Bottles
It’s never too early to protect teeth. Giving a baby a bedtime bottle of juice, milk, or formula can put new teeth on a path to decay. The baby may become used to falling asleep with the bottle in his or her mouth, bathing the teeth in sugars overnight. It’s best to keep bottles out of the crib.

If you, your family or friends need dental care, we would be honored to provide you with state-of-the-art dental care in our modern dental practice. Refer someone you love to someone you trust!

Presented as a service to the community by Doctors Hoover and Yanda,

39 Milford Drive, Hudson, Ohio 44236. 330-650-0360.

www.drshooverandyanda.com

Q: Any suggestions for starting off the New Year on the right foot?

A: Whatever the reason, if you’ve been putting off a trip to the dentist, pick up the phone and book an appointment for an examination and a cleaning. You will feel so much better for having done so. Procrastinating, whether you have a particular dental issue or not, will only make your situation worse over the long haul. 

It’s recommended that you visit a dentist at least twice a year. If you’ve gotten away from that, the time to get back into that schedule is now, when you are full of the New Year’s resolve to do something positive for yourself. Keeping your mouth healthy is a reward in itself. And it’s financially sound, too… the earlier you catch a problem like a cavity or gum disease, the less expensive it will be to treat it. 

Gum disease is particularly difficult to detect in its beginning stages. It takes a professional eye and examination. Gum disease is the most common cause of tooth loss. It’s a condition you definitely want to deal with before it has a chance to progress. And no matter how thoroughly you brush and floss at home, a professional cleaning by a hygienist or dentist is something you simply can’t achieve yourself. So make 2020 the year you get back on track with your dental care.

If you, your family or friends need dental care, we would be honored to provide you with state-of-the-art dental care in our modern dental practice.  Refer someone you love to someone you trust!

Presented as a service to the community by Doctors Hoover and Yanda, 

39 Milford Drive, Hudson, Ohio 44236. 330-650-0360. www.drshooverandyanda.com