How to keep teeth healthy
The health of teeth and gums is not only limited to oral health, but it is associated with all your health. The problem of cavity is very much seen in children. The main reason behind this is mostly sweet food. Children like to eat chocolate, while parents also give glucose biscuits to their children, because they do not harm it, while glucose biscuits also contain white sugar which also affects teeth to teeth to fitness and health if more is consumed. Talking about this, we asked the oral health expert what is more harmful for teeth from chocolate or biscuits.
There is no problem of oral hygiene, tobacco, gutkha intake, very little or too much brushing, not flossing, nail chewing, chewing nails. Apart from this, consuming medicines and eating too much sour and sweet things also causes damage to teeth. This can cause problems like enamel removal and cavity. If you also give children to eat glucose biscuits, then know whether it does less harm than chocolate or more.
Take care of quantity
The senior dentist of Apollo Spectra Hospital, Kanpur, Dr. Lakshmi Tandon, says that both sweet chocolate and glucose biscuits can be harmful for teeth, but how much the loss will be, it depends on how many times you eat chocolate or glucose biscuits. Eating limited quantity of chocolate, biscuits or any kind of sweet thing does not harm the teeth, but at the same time some small things need to be kept in mind.
Damage to the enamel of teeth
The doctor says that there is sugar present in the chocolate, while the glucose biscuits have starch along with sugar. Both these things activate bacteria in the mouth, which makes acid, which damages the upper layer of teeth. When the enamel of the teeth gets spoiled, then it feels tingling to eat cold things. Symptoms like having trouble while eating sour things are seen.
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Chocolate or biscuit
Experts say that if compared, glucose biscuit particles can stick to the teeth for longer than chocolate, which increases the chances of making acid, it is more at risk of cavity, but if biscuits or sweet things are eaten in limited amounts and the right oral hygiene can be avoided.
This chocolate is more harmful
Dr. Lakshmi Tandon, says that dark chocolate is low in sugar and it dissolves quickly, so normal milk causes a little less damage to your teeth than chocolate. At the same time, white chocolate also sticks on the teeth, which increases the risk of cavity.
Keep oral hygiene such maintenance
Expert says that brushing twice a day, flossing and cleaning the tongue with tongue cleaner like oral hygiene rules should be followed in the daily routine. Apart from this, rinse with water should be rinse immediately after eating sweet as well as this habit should also be made in children. Similarly, after eating food, one should rinse so that food particles do not stick to your teeth.