Can wine tasting led to tooth erosion?
July 1, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Exposed!, Food and Drink, Health
Pity the poor wine makers, tasters, and judges.
Researchers in Australia are finding that they are at a higher risk of tooth erosion.
Of course, tooth erosion can happen to anyone, but those who are constantly tasting wine are much more susceptible due wines acidic nature.
Acid dissolves the calcium and phosphate from teeth’s enamel surfaces, a process that is irreversible.
Researchers aren’t advocating that professional wine assessors give up their job but they are suggesting that they look at ways of protecting their teeth.
Ways they can do this include drinking plenty of water to increase saliva production which helps flush way and dilute the acids.
Another, more extreme idea, is for them not to brush their teeth on the mornings of a wine tasting session. Sounds gross, but the idea is that by not brushing, the plaque on the teeth will protect the enamel.
But what, you have to wonder, will that do to the taste of the wine?
