What is a bigger cause of tooth decay, poor diet or poor oral hygiene?

Answer 1

for tooth decay to occur, you have to have:
a susceptible tooth surface, cariogenic foods (sweet foods from your diet) and the specific microorgnisims in your mouth that can cause the decay. It takes between 7 and 14 days of oral hygiene neglect for the BAD organisms appear to work their magic in your mouth and cause decay.

So my vote would be poor oral hygiene. It's okay to eat sweet stuffs as long as you get in there and brush your teeth regularly as opposed to saying a poor diet is the ONLY contributing factor.

Hope this is the explanation you were looking for.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

That's a good question.
Getting the right amounts of calcium and other nutrients can definitely help strengthen teeth, but if you have poor oral hygiene , a healthy diet can only effect the rapidity of tooth decay- it does not altogether stop it from happening.

Answer 4

Poor oral hygiene. But poor diet is also a big cause of tooth decay. Both of them are related.

Answer 5

Definitely neglect through poor hygiene.

Answer 6

I vote poor hygiene too

Answer 7

I believe it is hygiene.

Answer 8

well the vet told me i shouldnt feed my dog anything with sugar in it because it will give him cavities. As longs as he eats well, his teeth will be fine. I would assume the same goes for human teeth. If you dont brush your teeth but dont eat any sweets your teeth should be ok.