{"id":403,"date":"2016-10-28T00:52:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T00:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myorthodontists.info\/?p=403"},"modified":"2017-09-27T20:42:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T20:42:42","slug":"dental-health-fruit-juice-veggies-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myorthodontists.info\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":"Dental Health, Fruit, Juice, Veggies and Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A diet high in saturated fat, which can clog our arteries\u00a0and lead to inflammation, is considered a key underlying causal factor for periodontal diseases like gingivitis. But, what about too much fruit and vegetables? \u00a0By looking in your mouth your dentist may find out more about you than you realize!<\/p>\n

The study, Plant-Based Diets: Oral Health\u00a0found that higher intake of high-fiber foods, especially fruits, may at least slow periodontal disease progression.<\/p>\n

For oral\u00a0cancer<\/em>\u00a0it\u2019s a no-brainer. According to a review in the journal of the American Dental Association, \u201cEvidence supports a recommendation of a diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables as part of a whole-foods, plant-based diet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The foods found most protective include raw and green\/leafy vegetables, tomatoes, citrus, and carrots. Citrus fruits are acidic, though. Fine, less oral cancer, but what about the health of the teeth themselves? Might eating lots of sour fruit erode our enamel?<\/p>\n

The conventional wisdom has been that fruit juice may be bad for our teeth, but whole fruit is fine. This was challenged recently. The ability of fruits and their juices to erode enamel appears to be similar.<\/p>\n

Now fruits and fruit juices weren\u2019t as bad as soda\u2014Diet Coke takes the title for softening teeth the quickest. But it was a surprise that fruits and their juices had comparable effects. The Dental Association put an interesting spin on it: If eating fruits and vegetables whole has the same demineralizing effect as juice, they argued, then, maybe fruit juice is not so bad at all! Of course the glass-half-empty interpretation of fruit being as erosive as juice may be that fruit is worse than we thought for our enamel.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the latest research on whether the consumption of fruit is cavity-causing found that the frequency of fruit consumption\u00a0was<\/em>\u00a0associated with higher odds of cavities, though they acknowledge that the role of fruit sugars in initiating dental cavities in humans has long been a subject of debate.<\/p>\n

Those eating plant-based diets may have less disease of the tissues surrounding the teeth, but if people who eat a lot of fruit get more cavities, then what about the health of the teeth themselves?\u00a0Though vegetarians and vegans don\u2019t have more cavities than those eating more conventional diets, they may have greater signs of acid erosion on their teeth. So what should people do?<\/p>\n

There are a number of foods and drinks that have the potential to cause dental erosion, both unhealthy foods like soda and sour candy, as well as healthy foods like fresh fruit and certain herbal teas. In the biggest study to date, consuming citrus fruits more than twice a day was associated with 37 times greater odds of dental erosion compared to those who consumed citrus fruits less often. It also appears risky to consume apple cider vinegar or sports drinks once a week or more and soft drinks daily. These habits resulted in the odds of erosion being ten, four, and four times greater, respectively, than when the habit did not exist.<\/p>\n

How can we get the benefits of healthy foods like citrus while minimizing the risks of dental erosion? The most important thing is that we should never brush right after we eat sour fruit. We should wait at least 30 minutes. Acid softens our enamel such that if we brush right away we can actually brush away some of our teeth!\u00a0Drinking soda without brushing at all can lead to some enamel loss, but we may double or triple that damage if we brush our teeth when they\u2019re in the acidified softened state. The researchers suggest we should wait at least 30 minutes and probably a whole hour afterwards to be safe. The simple solution is that after eating anything sour we should rinse our mouth with water to help neutralize the acid.<\/p>\n

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A diet high in saturated fat, which can clog our arteries\u00a0and lead to inflammation, is considered a key underlying causal factor for periodontal diseases like gingivitis. But, what about too much fruit and vegetables? \u00a0By looking in your mouth your dentist may find out more about you than you realize!<\/p>

The study, Plant-Based Diets: Oral Health\u00a0found that higher intake of high-fiber foods, especially fruits, may at least slow periodontal disease progression.<\/p>

For oral\u00a0cancer<\/em>\u00a0it\u2019s a no-brainer. According to a review in the journal of the American Dental Association, \u201cEvidence supports a recommendation of a diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables as part of a whole-foods, plant-based diet.\u201d<\/p>

The foods found most protective include raw and green\/leafy vegetables, tomatoes, citrus, and carrots. Citrus fruits are acidic, though. Fine, less oral cancer, but what about the health of the teeth themselves? Might eating lots of sour fruit erode our enamel?<\/p>

The conventional wisdom has been that fruit juice may be bad for our teeth, but whole fruit is fine. This was challenged recently. The ability of fruits and their juices to erode enamel appears to be similar.<\/p>

Now fruits and fruit juices weren\u2019t as bad as soda\u2014Diet Coke takes the title for softening teeth the quickest. But it was a surprise that fruits and their juices had comparable effects. The Dental Association put an interesting spin on it: If eating fruits and vegetables whole has the same demineralizing effect as juice, they argued, then, maybe fruit juice is not so bad at all! Of course the glass-half-empty interpretation of fruit being as erosive as juice may be that fruit is worse than we thought for our enamel.<\/p>

Indeed, the latest research on whether the consumption of fruit is cavity-causing found that the frequency of fruit consumption\u00a0was<\/em>\u00a0associated with higher odds of cavities, though they acknowledge that the role of fruit sugars in initiating dental cavities in humans has long been a subject of debate.<\/p>

Those eating plant-based diets may have less disease of the tissues surrounding the teeth, but if people who eat a lot of fruit get more cavities, then what about the health of the teeth themselves?\u00a0Though vegetarians and vegans don\u2019t have more cavities than those eating more conventional diets, they may have greater signs of acid erosion on their teeth. So what should people do?<\/p>

There are a number of foods and drinks that have the potential to cause dental erosion, both unhealthy foods like soda and sour candy, as well as healthy foods like fresh fruit and certain herbal teas. In the biggest study to date, consuming citrus fruits more than twice a day was associated with 37 times greater odds of dental erosion compared to those who consumed citrus fruits less often. It also appears risky to consume apple cider vinegar or sports drinks once a week or more and soft drinks daily. These habits resulted in the odds of erosion being ten, four, and four times greater, respectively, than when the habit did not exist.<\/p>

How can we get the benefits of healthy foods like citrus while minimizing the risks of dental erosion? The most important thing is that we should never brush right after we eat sour fruit. We should wait at least 30 minutes. Acid softens our enamel such that if we brush right away we can actually brush away some of our teeth!\u00a0Drinking soda without brushing at all can lead to some enamel loss, but we may double or triple that damage if we brush our teeth when they\u2019re in the acidified softened state. The researchers suggest we should wait at least 30 minutes and probably a whole hour afterwards to be safe. 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