EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF THE EFFECT OF EROSION ON THE TOOTH ENAMEL SURFACE BY ACID BEVERAGES PURCHASED ON THE RETAIL MARKET

Ha,  Joo-Sik; Kim,  Chong-Youl

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 19(11); 1981 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 1981;19(11):949-956.
Published online November 30, 1981.

수종의 시판 청량음료가 치아표면 법랑질 침식에 미치는 영향에 관한 실험적 연구

하주식¹, 김종열²

^¹연세대학교 치과대학
^²연세대학교 치과대학

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF THE EFFECT OF EROSION ON THE TOOTH ENAMEL SURFACE BY ACID BEVERAGES PURCHASED ON THE RETAIL MARKET

Joo-Sik Ha¹, Chong-Youl Kim²

¹Dept of Oral Diagnosis, Graduate School, Yonsei University
²Dept of Oral Diagnosis, Graduate School, Yonsei University

Abstract

The author collected some acid containing beverages to observe the influence which acid containing beverages affect the tooth surface tissue and the resistance of tooth which was treated with fluoride and counterpart tooth in the acid containing beverages and comparatively observing the erosion of enamel surface, the author came to the following conclusion. 1. Acid containing beverages on the market eroded the tooth surface tissue and the erosion degree was determined by the pH concentration of beverages. 2. the erosion aspect of the tooth surface in terms of acid containing beverages indicated some on the surface and surrounding enamel rod in the beverages which the pH was comparatively high, and the erosion was observed greatly in all enamel including the enamel rod in the beverages which pH was high. 4. When one drinks beverages, if beverges' pH is high, there are no serious harmful, but the author recommended not drinking the beverages which pH is low under the situation lack of the proper preventive dentistry technique.