Sour Candy & Battery Acid: The Dental Connection!

Do you have lots of cavities?  Perhaps it's because you lost a lot of enamel sucking on sour candy when you were a kid.  It's almost as bad as battery acid-except that it tastes much better!  Pure water's pH level is 7, which is a neutral acidic level. At pH4, your teeth start losing enamel, the protective coating of the tooth. Enamel is the hardest substance in human bodies. As it turns out, typical sour candy is pH3, which is kind of crazy. Check out the following pH chart.

• Skittles                                    pH2.5
• Baby Bottle Pop Powder       pH2.5
• Brach's Gummi Bears            pH2.5
• Sqwigglies Gummi Worms    pH2.5
• Mentos Fruit Chew                pH2.4
• Sour Skittles                           pH2.2
• Altoids Mango Sours             pH1.9
• Wonka Fun Dip Powder         pH1.8
• WarHeads Sour Spray            pH1.6
• BATTERY ACID                       pH1.0

The next time you reach for candy, remember that the only thing worse for your teeth than certain popular types of treats is BATTERY ACID!  If you have any questions or are in need of an appointment, call our office at 918-455-0123.

God Bless,

DRT