Does Sugar Cause Tooth Decay?

There is always some sort of video out there telling you to not have sugar. However, most of our diets involve sugar, and for many, some even have a diet that’s solely made up of sugar, and maybe you think you’re fine. However, sugar is actually not good for you, and many Santa Clarita dentists will tell you about this as well. But why is sugar so bad for you? Well, let’s take a look and see just what sugar can cause on your teeth and your overall oral health.

Now, sugar doesn’t have nutrients, and if you want to be big and strong, you don’t want to have a full diet of sugar. However, bacteria often choose to have sugar as their preferred food, even though there are other nutrients that are there in your diet that they could have. However, it’s the one that many bacteria turn to since it’s so easy to get, and it’s what they often have.

Sugar often is used in foods to help stop food from rotting, and when something is rotting, it’s often caused by bacteria. Now, if sugar is in your diet to prevent bacteria activity, bacteria are there and it’ll be used as a food source. This might not make sense, but it is what they do.

Now, you might start to assume that the bacteria in cavities aren’t responsible for creating the cavity, but they’re there after that, since after all you have millions of bacteria in your mouth. But there is a very particular bacterium that causes tooth decay, and it’s called strep muans. This is a bacterium that doesn’t eat what bacteria normally don’t eat. In essence, they eat more white sugar, flour, and pasteurized products, and these are typically foods that are processed by our food industries with the intention that bacteria won’t eat them, but obviously, it tends to do the opposite instead.

These bacteria don’t eat the food that normal bacteria eat either. This strain won’t eat meat, fish, veggies, or fruit, and often, this means that their diet is one with no nutrients. Now, from this, you’ve learned that while sugar causes tooth decay, and does kill bacteria, there are other bacteria that are out there that will eat this sugar instead, and often, these bacteria will take water and dehydrate the mouth as well. Sugar does dehydrate the mouth as well, allowing these bacteria to thrive all the more.

Now sugar as well is a toxic substance that actually should be regulated. Too much sugar not only makes you fat, but it causes other problems as well, such as causing trouble in the liver, messing up metabolism, lowering brain function, and even leaves people susceptible to heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer. It also helps promote inflammation and aging, and it ill suppress the immune system. It has no nutrients, and often, this leads to fatty deposits in the liver. This in turn will cause non-alcoholic liver disease, which causes inflammation and scarring in the liver as well. It also increases the triglycerides that causes heart disease as well. It also is very addictive, even more so than alcohol, and it leaves you more prone to illnesses, insulin resistance, obesity, and diabetes. It does cause an acidic digestive tract as well, which leads to bad digestion as well, and often, you’ll be lacking in nutrients. Not only that, in your mouth, essentially, it’ll leave your mouth totally open to these bacteria, that will come in and eat the enamel, causing the tooth to decay, and this often is what causes dental disease as well. Remember as well that your mouth I the key to your boy health as well, and one loaded with these toxins will only get worse as well.

Now that you know all about sugar, it’s best if you try to avoid having too much of it. Talk to your Santa Clarita dentist today about your diet, to help you start to wean off of sugar, especially if your oral health. You can take care of your oral health from there, allowing it to truly be the best that it can be for yourself and for your future.