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Tooth enamel is one of the hardest substance in our body. How does it undergo damage due to eating chocolates and sweets? What should we do to prevent it?

Tooth enamel corrodes when it reacts with acid. When we eat chocolates or sweets, some part of the chocolate/sweet get stuck to the tooth. The small microorganisms present in our mouth decompose these chocolate/sweet by releasing mild acids. Thus tooth emamel undergo damage.

To prevent this we must brush ou teeth twice a day, using a toothpaste, as toothpaste contain mild base, which neutralize the effect of the acid in our mouth

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Bacteria present in the mouth produce acids by degradation of sugar and food particles remainig in the mouth after eating. Due to this, the enamel gets corroded.

Using toothpastes which r generally basic as they can nuetralise the excess acid prevent tooth decay.

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Find the answer in lakhmir singh's book. Page no. 23
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by eating sweets and chocolates and sticky things which go and stick to our teeth which contains bacteria which will eat and produces acid .when this acid reacts with enamel and bring cause to the enamel and enamel is damaged 
to prevent from this we have to brush 2 times a day and rinse your mouth after eating every meal and have regular check with the dentist.
this may help you so much!!!!!!!
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Sugar present in chocolates and sweets gets broken down to acids by bacteria present in the mouth. This lowers the pH in the mouth. Tooth enamel is made up of calcium phosphate, Ca3(P04)2 which gets corroded when the pH in the mouth is below 5.5. To prevent tooth enamel from decay, toothpaste is used because it is alkaline and neutralises the acid produced in the mouth and helps to prevent lowering of pH in the mouth.
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Tooth enamel corrodes on reacting with acid.when we eat foods like chocolate/sweets they stick with the teeth.The bacteria present in our mouth will decompose the chocolates/sweets by releasing mild acids.To prevent this brushing our teeth after every meal with toothpastes which are basic helps to neutralise the acid.
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i didn have that book plzz tell question
 
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Eating chocolate small parts gets stuck in tooth. And release some mild mild acids
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It corrodes when it reacts with acid
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pH in the mouth is below 5.5. Bacteria present in the mouth produce acids by

degradation of sugar and food particles in the mouth after eating. To prevent this,Tooth pastes are used,which are bases, neutralise the acid.

 
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