How do you like your coffee?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Oh yeah and a 12 ounce can of coke has 9 teaspoons of sugar while a 12 ounce Pepsi has 10...each teaspoon of sugar is 16 calories...so a 20 ounce is about 15-17 teaspoons..not 23

 

[drjeff]

Oh yeah and a 12 ounce can of coke has 9 teaspoons of sugar while a 12 ounce Pepsi has 10...each teaspoon of sugar is 16 calories...so a 20 ounce is about 15-17 teaspoons..not 23

But they use high fructose corn syrup over good 'ol fashioned sugar which has a more efficient conversion of the carbohydrate to acid than regular sugar. Hence the difference in actual teaspoons vs. relative teaspoons.

 

[drjeff]

That's why I'm all about Sugar Free Red Bull...is beer bad for your teeth?

Technically it is a fermenatable carbohydrate so it can cause decay. Personally I'm willing to risk it with beer! :beer:

 

[bill2ski]

Speaking of artificial sweeteners,
Sweet and Low (saccharine) causes cancer
Equal (aspartame) under review for causing MS like symptoms and is a suspected link to ADHD.
http://mercola.com/article/aspartame/dangers.htm

Oh, I think, I'll stick with sugar.
39yo, brush twice daily,floss irregularly,visit my guy twice a year for a scrape and buff. two cavities when I was 14. wisdom teeth still intact, despite repeated precautions that "they would impact and should be removed".(at great expense) No gingivitis, no receding gums, no need for repeated X-rays to my face.
all after years of HEAVY coffee drinking (2 tsp. sugar, no cream ) 6-8 cups a day
Must be genetic ? WRONG, both parents have dentures. lost um in their twenty's.
Go figure

 

[severine]

Not to mention the horrible things Splenda (sucralose) does to you. Nothing like chlorinated sugar, eh? Google "sucralose toxicity" sometime. Yuck.

If you want to use something that isn't sugar, try stevia. It's an herbal sweetener that is zero on the glycemic index.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

I have used the antiseptic rinse stuff after brushing for years....my dentist recently told me it wasn't a good thing as it wiped out the fluoride left from the toothpaste. Dr Jeff....what's the straight poop?

 

[drjeff]

I have used the antiseptic rinse stuff after brushing for years....my dentist recently told me it wasn't a good thing as it wiped out the fluoride left from the toothpaste. Dr Jeff....what's the straight poop?

As long as you've been using toothpaste for years and occasionally consume a manmade beverage(essentailly all of them are made with fluoridated water), the internal fluoride content of your tooth will remain high, and this is the important part. Basically, on a microscopic level each and every tooth is like a matrix, the primary substance that makes up this matrix is called hydroxyapetite. This substance essentially gets "reinforced" by calcium and fluoride ions, but it is an dynamic substance in the sense that the concentration of these backbone calcium and fluoride ions is changing all the time. The greater the concentration of them essentially the denser and more decay resistant a tooth is. The fluoride ions have the added advantage of basically inhibiting the bacteria that cause decay from replicating, so thats why as dentists we LOVE fluoride for the make up of a tooth.

On the outside, every tooth has an often microscopic(although in some "tooth brush challenged" individuals its plainly visible) bacterial layer that starts forming the second you're done brushing and/or get a professional cleaning (not a big deal since you have hundreds of kinds of bacteria in your mouth and most of them are good bacteria that we need for defensive and digestive purposes). Fluoride at this level will once again help inhibit the replication of these cavity causing bacteria, but on the outside it won't do anything to immediately effect the density of a tooth, so this external fluoride doesn't have the same long lasting benefits that topical fluoride does, but topical fluorise can help "recharge" the internal pool of fluoride in a tooth, so thats why we dental folk recommend both systemic (consumed) fluoride and topical (brushed on/swished on) fluoride.

If you want to use the antiseptic rinses post brushing, maybe once a day as opposed to everytime is a better way to go. Plus with alot of the antiseptic mouth rinses (Listerine is a prime example) do to the high alcohol content(many mouth rinses are in the 30 to 40 proof range!) multiple exposures to them every day over a number of years have be shown to slightly increase the rate of oral cancer lesion formation. If you want the antispetic rinse, but not the alcohol, use Crest Pro-Health Rinse - all the antiseptic properties without any alcohol.

I hope I haven't rambled too much since from when I started typing to when I finished I've completed a root canal on one patient, done a couple of fillings on another, checked a few patients in with my hygenists and fielded a few phone calls from my wife - a typical 1st 90 minutes of my work day

 

[drjeff]

Not to mention the horrible things Splenda (sucralose) does to you. Nothing like chlorinated sugar, eh? Google "sucralose toxicity" sometime. Yuck.

If you want to use something that isn't sugar, try stevia. It's an herbal sweetener that is zero on the glycemic index.

Just watch out for herbals if your taking any prescritpion medication the list of interactions and side effect grows practically daily

 

[bill2ski]

What's your opinion on sealants. It has been suggested that my 12 yo son have it done to ward off decay ( must have his mom's teeth) I'm into her mouth, to the tune of 10 grand and would like the boy and my wallet to be spared a similar fate. Can they be considered a preemptive strike or have you seen evidence to the contrary ?
I feel weired asking this with out cutting you a check. LOL

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

What's your opinion on sealants. It has been suggested that my 12 yo son have it done to ward off decay ( must have his mom's teeth) I'm into her mouth, to the tune of 10 grand and would like the boy and my wallet to be spared a similar fate. Can they be considered a preemptive strike or have you seen evidence to the contrary ?
I feel weired asking this with out cutting you a check. LOL

I had sealants put in when I was a kid and still have them (or all but one of them) 20 years later. I (knock on wood) haven't gotten any cavities in my molars. I'll definitely get my kids sealants. Great price/reward ratio.

 

[hammer]

I had sealants put in when I was a kid and still have them (or all but one of them) 20 years later. I (knock on wood) haven't gotten any cavities in my molars. I'll definitely get my kids sealants. Great price/reward ratio.

If you have insurance, get the sealants done as early as you can...I had sealants recommended for my son (round 2) but now that he's 15 YO I'd have to pay for it myself.

 

[Marc]

What's your opinion on sealants. It has been suggested that my 12 yo son have it done to ward off decay ( must have his mom's teeth) I'm into her mouth, to the tune of 10 grand and would like the boy and my wallet to be spared a similar fate. Can they be considered a preemptive strike or have you seen evidence to the contrary ?
I feel weired asking this with out cutting you a check. LOL

Cut him a check, I'm sure he wouldn't mind.

 

[bill2ski]

Looks like were sealing the chompers, I think I'll give him the receipt as a graduation present

 

[ERJ-145CA]

Not to mention the horrible things Splenda (sucralose) does to you. Nothing like chlorinated sugar, eh? Google "sucralose toxicity" sometime. Yuck.

If you want to use something that isn't sugar, try stevia. It's an herbal sweetener that is zero on the glycemic index.

If you check the Center for Science in the Public Interest website they list all kinds of food additives and don't have good things to say about stevia, while they found sucralose to be relatively safe, and of course aspartame to be extremely toxic. CSPI is not funded by additive makers or the FDA. You have to take info on the internet with a grain of salt. Most of the sucralose toxicity information was on sites about holistic medicine and herbal remedies so there is a strong bias against anything that is not natural. The link to the page is:

http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm

 

[BeanoNYC]

I like my coffee like my women .. blond and sweet. I drink 2 to 6 cups a day plus several cups of hot tea.

I also like my coffee like I like my women...Ground up and in the freezer.

Ok, I know it's wrong...flame away.

 

[Marc]

I also like my coffee like I like my women...Ground up and in the freezer.

Ok, I know it's wrong...flame away.

Hahahaha, I don't care who y'are, that's funny right there.

 

[severine]

If you check the Center for Science in the Public Interest website they list all kinds of food additives and don't have good things to say about stevia, while they found sucralose to be relatively safe, and of course aspartame to be extremely toxic. CSPI is not funded by additive makers or the FDA. You have to take info on the internet with a grain of salt. Most of the sucralose toxicity information was on sites about holistic medicine and herbal remedies so there is a strong bias against anything that is not natural. The link to the page is:

http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm

Personally, I don't use it. Just stated it as an option. Sucralose gives me horrible migraines so I don't believe that it isn't toxic (which sucks because it's in EVERYTHING these days, including infant pain medications). I don't fare any better with aspartame (which is to be expected). I mostly use non-refined sweeteners anyway: "Sugar in the raw"/rapadura when I use sugar, otherwise raw honey, agave nectar, real maple syrup, or (when appropriate) molasses.

 

[Grassi21]

agave nectar

TEQUILA!

 

[ctenidae]

I also like my coffee like I like my women...Ground up and in the freezer.

Ok, I know it's wrong...flame away.

zing!