32 -- Refined Sugar and Tooth Decay
from The Perio Patient Podcast Hosted by Benjamin Young
The biggest cause of tooth decay is refined sugar because bacteria can use it without effort to run their machinery. It is their favorite food. Once it has been used by these organisms, it is turned into an acid that begins to dissolve the hardest substance in the body, tooth enamel.
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