Why do overly sweet foods make your teeth “hurt”
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Your mouth has bacteria. You eating sugary stuff feeds the bacteria. Bacteria “poop” is literally acid. Acid dissolves/damages your teeth. Pain.
EDIT: this is actually also how cavities form
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Your mouth has bacteria. You eating sugary stuff feeds the bacteria. Bacteria “poop” is literally acid. Acid dissolves/damages your teeth. Pain.
EDIT: this is actually also how cavities form
Your mouth has bacteria. You eating sugary stuff feeds the bacteria. Bacteria “poop” is literally acid. Acid dissolves/damages your teeth. Pain.
EDIT: this is actually also how cavities form
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It’s a tooth sensitivity thing like hot and cold. I don’t remember why sweet causes the same pain, but the treatment is usually sensitive toothpaste.
Maybe it could be psychosomatic.
You probably already know that sweets are bad for your teeth.
That damage is more long-term, but your subconcious might not be too aware of the timescale here, and so your mind anticipates the damage, and you experience short-term pain despite any damage to your teeth being a bit in the future (and possible mitigated if you clean your teeth shortly after eating sweet foods).
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