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Sports drinks hit the wire today with a red light that their level of acidity is increasingly responsible for irreversible damage to teeth, especially amongst adolescents and younger adults, their predominant target market.The report is published in the May/June 2012 issue of General Dentistry, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the Academy of General Dentistry. Lead author of the study, Poonam Jain, BDS, MS, MPH confirms the findings:
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"Young adults consume these drinks assuming that they will improve their sports performance and energy levels and that they are 'better' for them than soda ... Most of these patients are shocked to learn that these drinks are essentially bathing their teeth with acid."
The acidity levels are responsible for eroding tooth enamel, the hard, shiny, white outer surface of the teeth. Once this is compromised, the inner softer dentine can start to decay quite easily, with the tooth cavity making a perfect breeding ground for bacteria.
Source : medicalnewstoday
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