An American scientist, Dr Yan-Fang Ren, of the Eatsman Institute for Oral Health, New York, has warned that orange juice,, and other fruit juices, damage teeth. He reports that fruit juices can reduce enamel hardness by 84%.
They made the discovery when testing the effects of tooth whiteners. They found that while teeth whiteners remove a little enamel, fruit juice stripped tooth enamel massively.
We have already seen warnings about fruit juice pumping up blood sugar – as much as drinking coke or eating sweets. Here’s another reason to keep your fruit juices to an occasional treat.
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1 simon from white teeth // Sep 25, 2009 at 5:56 pm
This is very interesting. I had no idea that orange juice was harmful to teeth. Learn something new everyday! Thanks
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2 Aaron from One Beacon Court // Dec 16, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Too bad cause I LOVE orange juice. You can see the official report here: http://www.clinicalresearchdental.com/core/crdArticles/publication2.pdf
3 Sarah from Pomegranate Health Benefits // Apr 26, 2010 at 11:25 am
As long as you clean your teeth before you go to bed, you will be fine. The benefits of orange juice or most juices far outweigh these minor side effects.
4 Rob // Apr 26, 2010 at 11:50 am
Sorry Sarah – I strongly disagree. The sugar hit you get from orange juice is not much different from the one you get from a sugar-laden soda pop. Best to favour whole fruit, and low sugar fruit such as most berries. I was shocked when I read about this – but I researched it and now believe it. Eg check out this post on orange juice and diabetes. Thanks for your comment.
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