These Are the , Worst Foods and Drinks, for Your Teeth.<br />Taking care of your teeth is obviously important.<br />Professionals say that foods that have table sugar as an ingredient are particulalrly bad for your teeth.<br />Chewy or sticky foods can also be problematic because of how they get stuck in between your teeth.<br />In addition to being high in sugar, sodas and fruit juices are also highly acidic.<br />High acidity can also be bad for your teeth.<br />Our teeth begin to break down when the acid level in the mouth dips below a pH of 5.5, Dr. Rocio Quinonez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, via 'The New York Times'.<br />Sodas tend to have a pH around 3 to 4, Dr. Rocio Quinonez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, via 'The New York Times'.<br />Fruit juices are often overlooked as cavity-culprits while eating actual fruit is less detrimental.<br />It’s better to eat the fruit than to drink it, Dr. Dorota Kopycka-Kedzierawski, University of Rochester Medical Center, via 'The New York Times'.<br />If you must drink <br />sugary drinks, experts <br />say that it's better to <br />drink them quickly.<br />I would rather you’re a gulper not a sipper, Dr. Rocio Quinonez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, via 'The New York Times'.<br />To mitigate the effects, experts recommend sugar-free gum because it stimulates the salivary glands.<br />Sugar-free gum with xylitol, when chewed three times a day, has been shown to increase your salivary <br />flow, and also has an <br />antimicrobial effect, Dr. Apoena de Aguiar Ribeiro, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, via 'The New York Times'.<br />Some black and green teas can also be beneficial as long as you don't add sugar
