Which acid in diet coke is bad for your teeth?
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Most sodas contain sugar (unless diet), various additives and have a low pH. Besides the sugars potential to cause decay, it really doesn't matter what acidic product is in the soda, citric acid, phosphoric acid or any acid. What's important is how low is the pH. The lower the pH, the more acidic. The presence of these acids in beverages is important because their ability to chelate calcium at higher pHs means they can be very erosive to dental enamel. The link below is very scientific, but informative about the various sodas and which can cause the most damage.
Rick the Pharmacist
i dunno but you might as well be drinking battery acid.. it does the same thing to ur teeth!
Carbonic Acid makes your teeth and bones brittle. Anything carbonated is bad. Nasty (but tastey) stuff!
Neither is bad. In fact, phosphoric acid is beneficial, as teeth are calcium phosphate and the phosphoric acid reduces the solubility of calcium phosphate. The only acid in soda (and it is present in all of them) that could be bad for teeth is the carbonic acid from the dissolved carbon dioxide.
Coke in general is bad for you. Diet coke is worse than regular coke.
Yes it's bad for your teeth. But then again, what ISN'T bad for your teeth? Drink whatever you want. Just remember to brush (or at least rinse) afterwards.
Coca-Cola has huge amount of sugar in them and it will positively leach your teeth out of your mouth if you drink over one can a day.
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