We know that sugar-filled juices and canned drinks such as cola and lemonade can cause tooth decay – yet few of us would think fizzy vitamin preparations can have similar effects. However, a study at the University of Helsinki on eight types of effervescent vitamins found they could all have corrosive effects on teeth. Leaching out the minerals contained in teeth, they left them weaker, more porous and prone to decay.
In the research, teeth were soaked in the vitamin drinks for 100 hours. All of them – including those drinks that contained calcium – caused demineralisation. The effects were worst in the Vitamin C products, where teeth were corroded so severely that dentine, the sensitive layer beneath the enamel was exposed.
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