Before we start talking about the effect of diet on tooth decay prevalence we should first understand how decay start and how could the small bacteria break the hardest material in the human body.
how decay happen??
Every tooth is covered with a very thin film composed of saliva proteins and many other materials. If the patient is not brushing regularly this thin bio film will be transformed to dental plaque. Bacteria become incubated in the plaque this film once it formed. When the patient eat or drink something that contain carbohydrates especially in the form of sugars these bacteria feed on this carbohydrates and ferment the sugars producing acids as a byproduct. The produced acid dissolve the calcium from the enamel surface. This reaction of the bacteria with sugar happen with every patient and on every tooth
so what is the role of brushing and flossing?
There are two [...]