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The life you live leaves its mark on your teeth, in more ways than one. One of the most obvious ones is discolouration and staining. The kinds of foods you eat and the habits you have will discolour your teeth in certain ways. Below is a list of the shade the plaque or staining is, with an explanation of what is doing the staining.

Sugar is one of the few things that everybody knows is bad for your teeth. Some people imagine that the actual product itself ruins your teeth, but this is false. Sugar feeds the bacteria in your mouth that then overproliferate and secrete acidic byproducts that eat away at the enamel of your teeth and at the tooth structures themselves, causing tooth decay and cavities.

Sugar is one of the few things that everybody knows is bad for your teeth. Some people imagine that the actual product itself ruins your teeth, but this is false. Sugar feeds the bacteria in your mouth that then overproliferate and secrete acidic byproducts that eat away at the enamel of your teeth and at the tooth structures themselves, causing tooth decay and cavities.

Xerostomia is the medical term used to talk about chronic dryness of the mouth. People with xerostomia usually have much more cavities, have gum disease and gum recession, and, bleeding gums and periodontitis much more easily than people with a well lubricated mouth. In this article we wish to speak a little about dry mouth, what causes it, how to avoid it, and what can be done to rehabilitate dried out mucus membranes.