/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14698944
>How do diet drinks rank in terms of damage to your teeth compared to other drinks?
The worst thing about diet sodas is their acidity, which is roughly equal to their sugary counterparts.
Best to worst:
Water >>>>>>>>>>>>> pretty much everything else >>>> Diet soda > Soda

>>14699049
My guess is it’s because you’ve waited so long at this point and you know there’s some work that needs to be done, so it causes anxiety. All I can really say is that I see like 100 people a week and probably 10 of those people are in your exact same scenario of returning to a dentist after many years with a lot of work needed. It’s quite normal, but it takes some courage on your end to show up, and I hope you can overcome your fear in interest of your health.

>>14699225
Your dentist was not lying. Everything >>14699003 said is factually correct. For most people, it doesn't make an enormous difference, but some people are REALLY hard brushers with severe gum recession and they need this advice (probably not you though).

>>14699397
Just like tires on a car, dental work requires maintenance. Unfortunately, most crowns only last about 10 years until some degree of maintenance is required. I’m sorry that happened to you though anon.

>>14699405
>Pretty sure they just pump CO2 into the water
Correct, but it exists in equilibrium with carbonic acid under pressure

>>14699628
>Dental work south of the border
Ya get what ya pay for
>joker.jpg

>>14699712
>Popcorn
The starch would cause cavities, but the kernel would not. However, a lodged kernel can cause an infection, which is a lot more serious than the slow process of a cavity.

>>14699733
>>14699771
Black coffee has a pH of about 5. That’s about five-hundred times less acidic than soda, and one-hundred times more acidic than water.