Acidic beverages increase the risk of in vitro tooth erosion

doi:10.1016/j.nutres.2008.03.001

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Nutr Res. 2008; 28(5): 299–303.

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.03.001

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Table 2

Enamel and root surface lesion depths following exposure to select beverages.

Lesion Depth (μm)	Beverage

	100% Apple Juice	Coke®	Diet Coke®	Gatorade®	Red Bull®
Enamel	57 ± 6^a^,1	92 ± 6²	61 ± 4¹	131 ± 8³	100 ± 5²
Root	77 ± 3^a^,1	101 ± 3²	66 ± 2³	118 ± 5⁴	111 ± 4⁵
Enamel vs. Root, P -value	0.001^b	0.040^b	0.074^b	0.035^b	0.012^b

Windows in enamel or root surfaces were exposed to beverages for 25 hours with beverages replaced every 5 hours. Teeth were sectioned following beverage exposure and lesion depths were measured.

^aValues are means ± SD. Within group comparisons; means within a row with different superscript numbers are significantly different. Statistical test was one-way analyses of variance with post-hoc Tukey’s studentized range (HSD) test; P < 0.05.

^bBetween group comparisons; P -values for enamel vs. root lesion depth comparisons using the two-sample t-test.