Here’s how to get cavities:

• Sugar in sweetened drinks combines with bacteria in your mouth to form acid.
• Diet pop contains its own acid
• Acid in soft drinks, whether they contain sugar or not, is the primary cause of weakening tooth enamel.
• The acid attacks your teeth, each acid attack lasts about 20 minutes.
• The acid attack starts over again with every sip.
• Ongoing acid attacks weaken your tooth enamel.
• Bacteria in your mouth cause cavities when tooth enamel is damaged.

How to reduce decay:

• Drink water instead of soft drinks.  It has no sugar, no acid and no calories!
• Sugar and acid are BAD for your teeth.  Regular soda pop is high in sugar, diet soda is high in acid.
• Don’t sip for extended periods of time.  Ongoing sipping prolongs sugar and acid attacks on your teeth.