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1. Freshly squeezed orange juice
A glass of orange juice in the morning – what could be healthier and more positive? For the figure – maybe, but for the teeth – it’s a complete nightmare. Active fruit acids, of which there are especially many in citrus, literally wash off the protective enamel from the teeth. According to dentists, there is only one way out: you drank the juice – rinse your mouth right away, speed is important here, after 10 minutes the ascorbic acid contained in the juice will do its dirty work. But you cannot brush your teeth – it will damage the enamel, which is already loose after acid, even more. What if it’s uncomfortable to jump off your seat and rush to the bathroom, for example, after a romantic or business breakfast? Drinking juice through a straw will reduce the probability of caries is 80%.
2. Chia seeds
This superfood has a lot of advantages – it contains complex carbohydrates and proteins, necessary Omega acids, calcium, fiber, etc. But here periodontists they do not like him: small seeds fall into interdental spaces, stick to the gums and promote the growth of bacteria. By the time you get home from a restaurant where you ate trendy chia pudding, whole herds of bacteria will frolic in your mouth. You just can’t get rid of them – here you need irrigator or dental floss. The same applies to small seeds in kiwi and strawberries.
3. Mulgrain bread
This is the same bread with different seeds and nuts, which women’s magazines advise us to eat in order to make the stomach work and cleanse the intestines, thereby improving the parameters of the figure and complexion. For the gastrointestinal tract, it may indeed be a panacea, but for the teeth it is evil. A crumb of bread includes inclusions of different hardness and a tooth, faced with an unexpected obstacle, can crack in about the same way as if in its path got a pebble… Such an obstacle is not an obstacle to strong, absolutely healthy teeth, but are there many of us in reality who do not have veneers and fillings in their mouths?
4. Dried fruits
The healthiest snack actually has several threatening properties. First, dried fruits, especially dried apricots and prunes, are often treated with sulfur dioxide and caustic soda to give them a beautiful color and gloss. All this enamel chemistry acts like emery and is not at all useful for the gloss of the teeth. Second – losing liquid, fruits concentrate sugar in themselves and it also negatively affects the enamel and serves as a breeding ground for bacteria. “Well, they are not worse than caramels !!!!”, you say. And you will be wrong: soaking in your mouth, dried fruits, like plasticinestick around the teeth so that the sugar gets enough time to leave its mark.
5. Cranberries, raspberries and other red berries
Let’s not underestimate the great contribution of cranberry jelly and raspberry jam to the treatment of seasonal colds, but the teeth cannot expect anything good from the presence of these berries. The same ascorbic acid that helps you get out of bed after the flu will oxidize and thin your enamel. AND natural dye, which gives the berries all shades of red, penetrates into the gaps made by acid and gradually deprives you of your snow-white smile.
6. Unleavened bread
Gluten and yeast are not as bad for the teeth as chips and dry bread. Their crumbly pieces can injure the gums, and the need to gnaw them – cause toothache and chips. Which exit? Do not chew the loaves dry, but first soak them in any liquid. Not in orange juice.
7. Tomatoes
Tomatoes can be selflessly loved only for the fact that they have the magical substance lycopene, on the basis of which onco-protector drugs are produced today. Compared to that, everything else is nonsense, but still, be careful: there are small bones that tend to stick to the gums and get into the interdental spaces, and the high acidity of tomato juice, and coloring pigments that threaten the whiteness of the teeth. In general, everything is unfavorable for the teeth factors in one bottle.