Easy Diet Tips for Beautiful, Strong Teeth | The Doctor Weighs In

By: Ann Marie Gorczyca DMD, MPH, MS

Maintaining oral health throughout your lifetime can be easily done. All it takes is remembering a few techniques.

We try to do all the right things to keep our teeth as healthy as possible. We brush twice a day, floss, and avoid sugar. But these activities are not enough to prevent cavities.

If you have been following your oral care regimen faithfully and are still dealing with dental decay, what you’re eating could be contributing to your cavities.

Let’s review the foods you need to avoid to maintain your beautiful smile.

Foods to avoid to maintain beautiful, strong teeth

1. Candy

The sugar in candy is what is most commonly associated with causing cavities. Both hard and soft candies can get stuck in tooth crevices, around braces, and in cracks where bacteria live and feast on sugar. This will eventually produce cavities.

Hard candies can cause severe damage because they stay in the mouth longer. They expose your teeth to sugar and acids for prolonged periods of time. Chewy, sticky candies like gummy bears and jelly beans stick to your teeth and around orthodontic brackets in the…