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These foods are bad for your teeth

Did you know that apart from sugary foods and sweets, there are foods that can be quite detrimental to the condition of our teeth? Here are four of them:

Foods that dry your mouth.
Saliva acts as the mouth’s detergent after meals to wash away any food particles, acids and plaque so as to prevent tooth decay and enamel erosion. So when its content is reduced in the mouth, the risk of tooth decay and enamel erosion becomes much higher. Foods that dry your mouth include coffee, alcohol and most energy drinks.

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