White or red wine - as harmful to teeth?

White or red wine - as harmful to teeth?


Average consumption of wine per capita is about 24 liters of wine per year in Romania, while the European average is between 20 to 50 liters / capita. So eat more wine. How many of us think and that it is harmful to our teeth?
Long are various studies on wine consumption and its relation to dental disease. If research methods vary from year to year, and the results seem to come out as different.
The two most recent studies of this phenomenon are from New York University and Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany.

White or red wine - as harmful to teeth?

According to researchers at New York, white and red wine has high acidity leading to an increased risk of dental problems. They compared the effects of red wine and white of the teeth. They used cow teeth (which has the same structure as that of human teeth) that held her for an hour then immersed in wine and tea. The reason this election is that people's daily ritual includes 1-2 glasses of wine and a cup of tea, or both, researchers say.

White or red wine - as harmful to teeth?

Results showed that white wine is less harmful than red, but in both cases the teeth becomes extremely vulnerable to changes in color. The effect is accelerated by a combination of different acidic drinks such as wine and tea. Each time you do this combination increases the depth of surface stains teeth.
Scientists at the University of Germany insist that white wine is more harmful than red, because it has a more acidic component that erodes tooth enamel. Besides contradiction with the results of studies in New York, German researchers bring more news. It seems that it produces corrosive white wine vineyard does not depend on where it comes from or the year of production, nor the concentration of alcohol. It depends on the pH and the duration of exposure of teeth to drink the action in question. The solution that we offer is the consumption of cheese are rich in calcium and so saliva helps remineralize.
Another novelty brought by researchers in Germany is that they have used adult human teeth. Were immersed in white wine for one day and subsequent tests showed a drastic decrease in the level of calcium and phosphorus in the enamel.

White or red wine - as harmful to teeth?

Trivia category, we will say that:
• Riesling wines have the greatest adverse impact on teeth because they have the lowest pH
• Wine with grapes, peanuts and herbs, is a source of resveratrol, a substance with strong antioxidant effects in preventing atherosclerosis, cancer and Parkinson's disease.
Regardless of color and different results of the two studies presented, although has positive effects (as mentioned above), excess wine consumption should be avoided or at least significantly reduced to avoid damaging tooth enamel.