Monday, February 13, 2012

Dental Erosion and Acid Reflux

The other day, I heard from my dentist that there is a connection between dental erosion and acid reflux. It hast has nothing to do directly with gum disease. But after I realized that everything is connected and when our teeth are not doing good, our gums will either I wanted to share this info with you. Especially because the issue develops in the stomach, in the same organ as the dampness that goes in the gums and can negatively affect gum disease.

We all have acid in the digestive juices in our stomach.You can be less or more acidic depending on your diiet. If you drink coffee, eat a lot of meat and dairy, and drink alcohol, then the change that your body is acidic is much higher.

The same as with the dampness in your stomach, if the acid stays in your stomach, the mouth and gums are lucky. But when the stomach is full with stomach acid and doesn't find another way to go, it may could go back in the mouth, the teeth, or the gums.

What is dental erosion?

Dental erosion could be described that the tooth enamel is becoming fragile and then wears down. Kind of sediment and

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