Is diet soda bad for your teeth?

[FLiP]

Hey guys,

I recently heard somewhere (can't remember where) that diet soda can cause tooth decay like regular soda. I'm not a mad diet soda drinker although I do find diet coke vanilla really gets rid of a sweet craving!

Anyone know anything about this?

Thanks.

[JMR]

I can tell ya that I've been known to kill a 2 liter of diet coke per day and I haven't had a cavity in 24 years.

[mountn21]

I've seen a commercial before about it and they claim that the acid in diet soda can be bad for your teeth.

[gobbla]

I think it's the sugar in the soda combined with poor dental hygene [img]smile.gif[/img]

[BjsAust]

Yes, new research has found that the acid in soft drinks contribute more to tooth decay (actually it eats away the enamal) than the sugar. Basically for your teeth a diet coke is just as bad as a normal coke (weight loss/gain wise obviously the coke is still worse). Interestingly they also found that the lighter the color of the drink the worse it was. Cant remember the reason why though.

[Ogedei]

The carbonation is also bad.

http://www.zooscape.com/cgi-bin/mait...ritiquep402542
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives...4637.An.r.html

http://www.pharmacytimes.com/article.cfm?ID=1271

Originally posted by BjsAust:
Yes, new research has found that the acid in soft drinks contribute more to tooth decay (actually it eats away the enamal) than the sugar. Basically for your teeth a diet coke is just as bad as a normal coke (weight loss/gain wise obviously the coke is still worse). Interestingly they also found that the lighter the color of the drink the worse it was. Cant remember the reason why though.