Is indoor swimming pool water hard on tooth enamel?

Answer 1

Yes, pool water has chlorine and chlorine is harmful to teeth.

edit: Yes the levels in a pool are so low that the damage may take decades of exposure to be bad enough to make a difference but the damage does occur. My source articles speak to all forms of chlorine, not just the gaseous form.

Answer 2

No. Swimming pool water will not damage your teeth if the levels are in the proper ranges set forth by the NSPI. Yes chlorine is a dangerous chemical in the wrong forms or the wrong doses, but that is not the levels found in pool water if it is treated properly. The articles below listed by another reader are based off of Chlorine gas and levels way above what should be remotely found in any pool.

The range for swimming pool sanitation is 2ppm - 4ppm of chlorine. Than means you have two - four particles of chlorine for every 1 million particles of water.

Chlorine is used by nearly every water treatment plant in the USA to clean and sanitize our drinking water. At any given time, there is a chlorine in your water. (Depending on the time of the year and the source water condition the levels may be between .2 ppm and .5 ppm.) I personally have tested tap water where I have seen levels as high as 1.0 ppm.

So unless your pool is extremely over chlorinated you have no worries regarding your teeth, and if it is you have more serious issues to worry about like vomiting, diarrhea, chemically burning your insides and possibly death.

You should never swim in a pool where the levels exceed 10 ppm

Answer 3

not unless you are keeping it in your mouth the whole time you are swimming, every day, for years.

Answer 4

Are you brushing your teeth with the water?

If not, then it will have no effect on your teeth.