Sugar starts corroding your teeth within seconds – here’s how to protect your pearly whites from decay
- Written by José Lemos, Professor of Oral Biology, University of Florida
Sugar feeds the colonies of bacteria living in your mouth and surrounding your teeth.Andrii Zastrozhnov/iStock via Getty Images PlusBetween Halloween candy, Thanksgiving pies and holiday cookies, the end of the year is often packed with opportunities to consume sugar. But what happens in your mouth during those first minutes and hours after eating...


