White wine spoils teeth

Lovers of the drink can cause substantial damage to their own teeth, found European dentists. However, according to doctors, to protect tooth enamel from the ravages of white wine still possible.

Typically, the ability to spoil the tooth enamel attributed to red wine. But studies show that the acid contained in the white wine, capable of destroying the teeth even more active than similar substance in red. During experiments healthy human teeth were exposed to laboratory white wine per day lost enamel layer thickness of 60 microns - its aggressive components eluted therefrom calcium and phosphorus. Neither type of wine or a year of its release did not drink more "soft" for the teeth.

However, according to the researchers, if the taste with white wine cheese, it can help in the preservation of the enamel. Particularly useful "noble" cheeses containing calcium in a high concentration. But strawberries or fruit juice, which often use white wine, exacerbating action of the acid.

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Dentists recommend brushing your teeth only half an hour after the last sip of wine drunk to not delete the damaged enamel wine. We have to wait until the wine acid washed away by saliva.

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