Were is the scientific data to show that it is sugar, rather than salt ?
2006-08-23 03:36:33 · 10 answers · asked by what.ever 3 in Health ➔ Dental
Quite a few studies have been done over the years, most famous of which was done in Vipeholm in Sweden where the took the inmates of a mental institute and gave them different diets.
there has also been studies done where the sucrose in diets has been replaced by artificial sweetings agents.
All these as well as numerous lab studies have proven without doubt that is the sugar that the bacteria digect releasing acids which then cause the demineralisation that is tooth decay.
But if you do not beilieve the proof why do you not go a high sugar diet and see the effect it has on your dentition
2006-08-23 03:59:07 · answer #1 · answered by bobbi b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because living organisms thend to feed on carbohydrates for energy. Even tiny little ones like bacteria. Of course, there are sulphur eating ones too but the ones in your mouth eat sugars and as a by-product of their digestion they have acid, which rots the enamel. Once the enamel's rotten, then the tooth is open to further decay...
2006-08-23 10:45:13 · answer #2 · answered by Luvfactory 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You've got to be kidding, right? Are you in the same century as the rest of us? Historically, the connection was not really clear until the 1930's or so, but there is no longer any question.
Do a search on "dental caries sugar" and you will find over 20,000 references.
2006-08-23 10:53:46 · answer #3 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know eating too much sugar causes odepoaa. So it can cause rot teeth too, if it is taken too much. I don't know any scientific data for this.
2006-08-23 10:48:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sugar feeds bacteria. Bacteria produce acids that cause tooth decay. It's not a rocket science.
2006-08-23 15:33:31 · answer #5 · answered by sovereign_carrie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sugar + the bacteria and enzymes in the mouth form acids, and it is the acids that attack the enamel on the teeth
2006-08-23 11:16:49 · answer #6 · answered by mike-from-spain 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
good question, maybe because sugar sticks to your teeth and more likely to cause a cavity rather than salt, could be wrong but it makes sense to me
2006-08-23 10:44:08 · answer #7 · answered by barefootmodel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sucrose is consumed by the bacteria in your mouth. It is a fementative process that produces acid as a byproduct. The acid is what eats away at your teeth. No sucrose = no fementation = no acid produced = no cavities.
2006-08-23 10:44:21 · answer #8 · answered by Sebring Sage 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
duh!!! read up any dental journal, its only refined sugars and its the effect it has on our saliva that causes the decay,salt does not have the same effect with saliva
2006-08-23 11:54:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=414108
2006-08-23 10:55:59 · answer #10 · answered by cjmacri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋