Sugary drinks and foods are bad for your teeth. However,what most people tend to forget is that many other foods and beverages, such as"sticky" carbohydrates (e.g. fruit, porridge, bread, cakes) and thenatural sugar and acid in fruit juices, also cause tooth decay. Sticky foodsremain in the mouth for long periods and acid erodes tooth enamel.
It is important to rinse your mouth or brush your teeth withfluoride toothpaste after eating – no matter what you eat. Using sugar withmeals (i.e. on porridge, as jam on bread, or in tea and coffee), and notsnacking on sugar between meals reduces exposure to tooth enamel and helps toprevent decay.
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