Is The Acid In Wine Bad For Your Teeth?

Maybe you’ve seen it, maybe you haven’t—the clinically somber commercial where the “dentist” talks about the effects of acid erosion on your teeth, complete with a too-huge X-ray showing the lonely shadows where enamel used to be.

The culprits: acidic drinks. Things like OJ, soda, and yes, wine.

Actually, if you look up “causes of acid erosion on teeth,” there are a lot more potential culprits—and some commercially interested parties (ahem, Pronamel) are more than happy to let you know that anything from black olives to probiotic yogurt to barley (yes, barley) can cause acid erosion. Since we can’t possibly cut barley and olives from our lives at the same time, or dishonor Jamie Lee Curtis by avoiding probiotic yogurt, we’ll tackle wine first.


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