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They use the sugar and starch from food particles in the mouth to produce acid

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Does sugar affect your teeth?

Yes it does. The sugar creates bacteria, which turns into plaque and plaque eats away the enamel (outer layer of the tooth).


Does plaque plus sugar equals acid?

yes


(now the caries equation:?

Sugar + Plaque = Acid + Tooth = Decay


Why does sugar effect your teeth?

Sugar effects your teeth because it mixes with the plaque which creates and acid thats rotts your teeth. we brush our teeth in the morning to get rid of the plaque so that when we eat food there is no plaque there to mix with the food to make that acid and you should do the same in the night swell.


How many types of tooth decay is there?

There is Sugar Decay. The bacteria in your mouth create a substance called plaque when they feed on the sugar which creates an acid which makes a hole in your tooth, which the plaque then burrow down into to start an infection.


How does toothdeay happenhow can you prevent it?

Most plaque is a waste product of certain bacteria that live on your teeth. They eat sugar that you ingest and then excrete the plaque. Best way to prevent tooth decay because of this is to brush, floss, and use mouth wash.


What can harm your teeth?

acid erosion, citrus acid, sugar, build up of plaque


Is Plaque Plast just for dogs or can cats use it too?

Plaque Blast is for dogs and cats.


What wrecks your teeth?

Many things can wreck your teeth... Like... Sugar---->Plaque---->ruins your teeth.


Do you get plaque when you eat sugar?

yes you do because of the sweetness you can get the plague but the intake must be verry high


What is formed when sugar mixes with plaque?

A sticky colorless film harmful bacteria


Eating sugar in meal time helps reduce tooth decay?

Sugar is food for plaque-residing bacteria colonies. They convert the sugar into acid that corrodes toothenamel, causing tooth decay.