which soda rots teeth fastest?

Question

science project

Answer 1

1. Well if your science project involves putting something into a cup of soda, like a nail, or an extracted tooth...or something similar. If this is the case then you need to pick whichever soda has a higher acid content. (everyone seems to use coke) I don't really know, try that brochure.
2. But, if you are going to do it with some sort of live version of a tooth(like you're spitting into a cup with a soda and an extracted tooth...or scrape off some plaque from your teeth and putting it on your experimental teeth...then you need to pick a soda that has more sugar and acid combo. I don't know which one it is, but i know that mountain dew and pepsi have more than coke.

Because, the people here are right that they say that the bacteria produce lactic acid and deposit it on your teeth while in your mouth. But a tooth or a nail doesn't have the bacteria.

So pick your soda according to how you do your experiment.

I hope this helps.
Cheers

Answer 2

One of the most important points people are missing is the fact that soda is acidic. You can drink diet soda which has sugars but the bacteria in our mouths don't know how to break down. The acid will take the minerals out of the teeth and form beginning decay. Any soda can do this. Mountain Dew and orange soda seem to have the highest content of sugar, though.

Answer 3

I'm no dentist, but I thank that tooth decay is largely a function of the sweetness/sugar content or acidity of the drink and the length of time the sugary or carbonated substance is left on the teeth and not removed by brushing. I remember learning that once we've eaten or had something sweet to drink, sugar or food particles and the bacteria that they attract stay active for at least several minutes after contact with the tooth. Basically, the damage starts quickly and continues for some time afterward. Better just to brush or rinse as soon as possible, no matter what you've been drinking or eating!

Answer 4

Do the Dew? Among the fizzy drinks, non-colas tended to be harshest on teeth; diet versions were no better than their sugary counterparts. The most corrosive was Mountain Dew; the diet version dissolved just over an average 8 percent of enamel; the regular version ate away more than 6 percent. Sprite and Diet Sprite followed at 3.93 percent and 3.65 percent, respectively. Coffee and brewed tea had only minimal effects.
Fixing Blame The researchers, Anthony von Fraunhofer of Maryland and Matthew Rogers, now an Air Force dentist, found no connection between sugar content and enamel dissolution. (A&W Root Beer had no effect on teeth, despite a generous dose of sugar.) Nor did pH level seem linked to enamel loss. The researchers speculate that other ingredients such as citric or malic acid may be responsible.

Answer 5

Coca-Cola probably. It's main constituent is phosphoric acid, which is used by dentists to etch the teeth so that tooth-colored fillings can be bonded onto the teeth. It has a low pH (i.e.acidic), and it's full of sugar. It's the best combination for cariogenic bacteria to act upon, especially the Mutans Streptococci family, which is implicated in dental caries or decay.

Answer 6

Any soda that has hight amounts of sugar and frutcose syrup are bad and will rot your teeth. if you drink any pop it should be diet or sugar free.

Answer 7

I think that its coke because it has the most sugar. Bascially, any soda with high amounts of sugar will rot your teeth.

Answer 8

It is Coca-Cola. They are all bad, but I got a pamphlet at my dentist's office, and this one was the worst. I can't remember the exact level of acid it stated, but it was very close to battery acid. Actually, some people use Coke to clean the corrosion from their batteries. Scary, huh? But it's true! Mountain Dew is up there too. The title of the pamphlet was "Sip All Day, and You'll get Decay". Maybe you can find it that way.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

soda doesnt rot teeth. the sugar in soda is consumed by bacteria in the mouth which kick out acid that deminerlaizes the teeth. sugar doesnt cause cavaties, acid from the bacteria does. sorry, but there is no actual answer to your question. if just depends on the composition of the bacteria in your mouth.