The following food choices are suggested for maintaining your pearly whites. Avoid cheese and crackers with a red wine chaser at your next party. Cheese is a "sticky" food and forms plaque, which seals in the red wine against your tooth enamel. Munch on some celery or apples instead, and switch to white wine or champagne. Here are some other smart choices.

Foods That Destroy Your White Smile

We're all born with naturally white smiles. Unfortunately, over time these white smiles fade. Making matters worse, the foods we eat attack our white smiles on a daily basis.


Especially damaging are:

• Foods like soy sauce, berries, curry, coffee, red wine, and tea. These foods easily stain teeth.
• Extremely hot or cold liquids. These are dangerous to your white smile because they change the temperature of your teeth. This temperature change (hot and cold cycling) causes teeth to expand and contract, allowing stains to penetrate your teeth. Try cutting down on these types of drinks (including coffee and tea) or try drinking them with a straw to reduce the amount of time they are in contact with your teeth.
• Foods that are slightly acidic. These foods open up the pores of the tooth enamel allowing stains to more easily move into your teeth. Tobacco. This is one of the biggest culprits in ruining white smiles. Tobacco quickly stains teeth yellow.

Foods that are REALLY good for your teeth

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