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>>14698724
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>>14699247
>If you leave a plate to soak in water and then rinse it, majority of the residue comes off.
Key word is the “majority” of the residue. I’m sure you’re familiar with plaque. It’s the formation of a bacterial colony on your tooth enamel that starts from a single point of attachment and grows upon itself as a biofilm (pic related). All it takes to form plaque (which, subsequently, secretes acid that wears down surrounding enamel) is that small amount of residue that you missed by not brushing.

>>14698819
>how about milk?
Milk is very odd. When most of us think of ‘sugar,’ we usually think of the white sugar cane kind, which is called sucrose. Milk, however, is largely composed of lactose (whole milk is about 5% lactose by weight), which is a different kind of sugar. The bacteria in our mouth doesn’t really care about the difference between the two, and catabolizes both types of sugars for energy, and doing so releases acid. In other words, lactose itself is cariogenic. However, in most documented literature, milk consumption does not significantly increase risk of cavities. This is most likely because of the calcium and phosphorous in milk, which assists in remineralizing enamel in decayed teeth (similar to fluoride). So the two roughly cancel each other out. The milk observation seems to be consistent from an mammalian evolutionary perspective as well.

So yea... milk is kind of an exception. Here's a big fancy article about milk:
>http://www.borrowfoundation.org/assets/uploads/milk-and-oral-health.pdf

>>14698851
>>14698914
Yea I would get a second opinion from another dentist. Do you have a lot of dental work on your left side? Would have to see x-rays and get more info. Hope you feel better m8.