Did you know that sour candies like Sour Skittles, Super Lemon and some flavored Altoids are high in acids that strip away your teeth’s protective surface? Even lemon juice will corrode your teeth enamel. I can vouch on that. After almost every drink of freshly squeezed lemon juice or grapefruit, I have this sensitive, uncomfortable feeling on my teeth. Even some candies or sweet snacks will cause this effect on my sensitive teeth.
Dentist Robert J. Marolt offers this advice:
> Rinse right away. Swishing water in your mouth after a candy helps wash away the acid.
> Wait for half an hour before brushing your teeth. The acid of a sour candy softens the fragile surface of the teeth. Brushing immediately after eating one could cause damage.
> Skip fruit flavours. Lemon, grape, and cherry destroy more enamel than do mint and cinnamon, which are lower in acid.
> Switch to sugar-free gum. It can satisfy your oral urge while stimulating saliva flow, which protects enamel.
Yeah, dentists all in agreement. I did have a dentist when younger who was sooo a*al and wouldn’t allow my mum to give us fruit juice even! Then his wife and my mum are friends and we found out his kids eat all sorts of junk and candy behind his back!