Dentists warn drinking fruit teas can damage your smile

Fashionable fruit teas have become increasingly popular in recent years, with a plethora of refreshing flavours and soothing caffeine-free "infusions" on offer.

But tea-lovers might be better off sticking to a traditional cuppa – for the sake of their smile.

Dentists have warned that the acid in fruit teas can erode our teeth, wearing away enamel and raising the risk of needing a filling or crown, reports the media.

Even a mug of hot water with a slice of lemon is dangerous, with the fruit containing six times the citric acid concentration of lemonade.

The warning comes from a Dental Institute, which found acidic drinks such as fruit tea consumed twice a day between meals made someone 11 times more likely to have moderate or severe tooth erosion.

Fruit's natural acids corrode teeth even faster when heated up with hot water, the scientists said. But a fashionable mug of rosehip or berry tea is safer if drunk with a meal – which halves the risk.

A dental surgeon who lead the study said: "Our study found acidic drinks like fruit teas are very erosive and quite popular.

"Many of the 300 people with tooth wear we looked at drank lemon and ginger tea or berry teas. There also seems to be a growing trend for people to have hot water and lemon in the morning when they wake up.

"The problem with hot drinks is that the heat increases the rate of chemical interaction with the teeth, making them more likely to cause damage."

People who sipped their drinks slowly or swilled them around in their mouths were more at risk of eroding their teeth, the review found.

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