On a hot summer day, it\u2019s great to fill a tall glass with ice and pour in some soda, lemonade, or tea to help cool down. You\u2019re right if you assume that sugary drinks are bad for your teeth (they are!), but they\u2019re bad in an over-the-long-term kind of way. In fact, lemonade and soda are also quite acidic, which isn\u2019t good for your tooth enamel, either. However, it\u2019s the ice that can actually chip your teeth if you chew it. Other hard foods can damage your teeth, too, so be careful when you\u2019re eating things like baguettes, hard pretzels, and biscotti.<\/p>\n
Lots of people enjoy buttered popcorn while sitting in a cool, air-conditioned movie theater, but unpopped kernels can definitely ruin the fun. They\u2019re hard enough to chip a tooth if you crunch down on one of them by accident or on purpose. However, popcorn actually poses a double threat. The thin shell that covers the kernel can actually get stuck between your teeth or between your tooth and gum, giving bacteria a source of food and promoting tooth decay.<\/p>\n
What do olives, cherries, dates, and peaches all have in common? They all have pits, of course, and those pits can damage teeth. If you accidentally bite into a pit, you can definitely crack or loosen a crown\u2014or damage regular tooth enamel.<\/p>\n
Pretty much every type of candy can damage your teeth. Hard candies can chip teeth if you bite on them or chew them up; if you suck on them and let them dissolve slowly, you\u2019re basically giving your teeth (and the bacteria in your mouth) a sugar bath. Chewy candies, like caramels or taffy, can stick to your teeth, increasing the risk of cavities, or stick to fillings and crowns, loosening them.
\nBut sour candies are probably the most damaging of all because they combine three dangers to your teeth all in one. They\u2019re loaded with sugar and they stick to your teeth, but the sour flavor actually comes from acids, which eat away at tooth enamel.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re probably noticing a theme by now. Hard foods can damage your teeth. We\u2019re not trying to you away from enjoying the sorts of treats you love. However, if you\u2019re eating something that could chip your teeth, pay attention while you\u2019re eating it. If you\u2019re eating something that could damage your teeth in another way, remember to drink some water to rinse out sugars and acids. And always brush your teeth and floss after you\u2019ve eaten any of the foods on this list.<\/p>\n
There are lots of foods that can chip your teeth or damage dental work in your mouth when you eat them. What are some of these problem foods?\u00a0 Drs. George and Doris Marquis can warn you about some of the biggest culprits when it comes to chipped teeth, loose fillings, and broken crowns. Ice On […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":202333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marquisdentalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marquisdentalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marquisdentalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marquisdentalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marquisdentalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marquisdentalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marquisdentalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marquisdentalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marquisdentalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marquisdentalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}