Coke and other colas are not quite as bad on teeth as other "soft drinks" and teas...

[DarkFury]

Since I know that Nickel LOVES "dental threads", I thought I'd share this one...

http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/88/100020.htm?GT1=3479



- Non-cola soft drinks caused two to five times the damage as darker drinks, such as Coke, Pepsi, and Dr. Pepper.
- Canned iced tea caused 30 times the enamel damage as brewed tea or coffee.
- Non-cola drinks cause up to 180 times more tooth enamel damage than did water.
- Root beer was the safest soft drink tested.

Non-cola drinks contain flavor additives that are "far more aggressive" at eroding teeth, compared with regular cola soft drinks such as Coke and Pepsi, he writes.

[CornMonkey]

aw what?? and this whole time, i made myself favor sprite over cola drinks cuz i thought the dark sodas were bad for the teeth. bah. i'm just giving up on soda, period.

[creampuff]

i knew that's why i liked my sodas brown.

[attgig]

i'm down with the brown..

[revil]

This is exactly why i don't drink at all!

[nickel]

brush/floss, use a fluoride rinse, don't drink sugarful sodas - you be OK

actually the acid in sodas does a lot of damage to your teeth over time, too.

[bachviet]

I hardly drink any soda or can-whatever. Mostly I drink water and hot green tea.

[gear02]

woohoo! root beer

[Paymaster]

I've tried to quit drinking soda and coffee sooo many times. :( That's just one serious monkey on my back. I hope that my teeth can take it.

[brainsmile]

how bout you just switch to something less sugar loaded? Brew some iced tea

[mcs328]

Cool...I've been drinking Barqs a majority of the time.

[Paymaster]

how bout you just switch to something less sugar loaded? Brew some iced tea
Damn... now I don't even get the convenience of a canned drink? I gotta brew my own? Sorry.. way too lazy.

[YanksFanRy]

My dentist actually told me not to drink brown sodas when I was younger cuz of my teeth, but said Sprite and others were fine. Weird.

[DaFunkyUnit]

because of this "study" everyone is now going to rinse their mouths with Pepsi every night before bedtime.

[molecularfire]

I already do.

[oogeooge]

This is how you look like if you drink 10 cans of soda everyday.

261kb: http://www.davidpaulmorris.com/webphotos/vietnam/teeth.jpg