{"id":1334,"date":"2015-06-03T16:56:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T16:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakeoconeedentalblog.com\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:39:53","slug":"yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, Soda Really Is Bad For Your Teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>HERE\u2019S ONE REALLY SIMPLE THING<\/strong> that you can do to make your mouth healthier: <strong>reduce the number of sugary, acidic drinks in your diet!<\/strong>\n\nWhen we say sugary, acidic drinks we mean more than just soda. We\u2019re including sports drinks, energy drinks, and even fruit juice. Read on!\n<h3><strong>Sugar + Acid Create The Worst Possible Cocktail For Your Smile<\/strong><\/h3>\nOral bacteria in our mouths metabolize sugars in our drinks. This reaction creates an acid byproduct that erodes our teeth. If you have a healthy balance of bacteria in your mouth, you suffer less decay, but no one is completely free of harmful oral bacteria, even with great genes and perfect brushing habits.\n<h3><strong>Acidic Drinks Erode Teeth<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn addition to the sugar, these drinks are loaded with acid! Acidity in soft drinks takes a more direct route than sugar, eroding your teeth <em>without<\/em> the help of oral bacteria. Each attack of the teeth lasts about 20 minutes and when you take another sip, it starts over again. <strong>This is why diet and \u201csugar-free\u201d sodas do just as much damage<\/strong> as regular soda.\n<h3><strong>Many Of Us Drink At Least One A Day<\/strong><\/h3>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/156116\/nearly-half-americans-drink-soda-daily.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">As many as half<\/a><\/strong> of us drink at least one soda per day! Many people drink more. How much do YOU drink each day? <strong>Imagine how much better your enamel would feel if you replaced that soda with milk or water. <\/strong>\n<h3><strong>Be Kind To Your Smile<\/strong><\/h3>\nIt\u2019s not just about cavities. Enamel erosion can also lead to tooth sensitivity, and excess sugar leads to gum disease, the biggest cause of tooth loss in adults.\n\n<strong>Have YOU kicked the soda habit?<\/strong> Do you have any tips that you can share with us? We\u2019d love to hear from you!\n<h4>Thanks for your trust in our practice! Let us know if you ever have questions for us.<\/h4>\n<h6>Top image by Flickr user <span style=\"color: #2a7abd;\"><a style=\"color: #2a7abd;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/aidanwojtas\/2299482422\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aidan<\/a><\/span> used under <span style=\"color: #2a7abd;\"><a style=\"color: #2a7abd;\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 license<\/a><\/span>. Image cropped and modified from original.<\/h6>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<strong>HERE\u2019S ONE REALLY SIMPLE THING<\/strong> that you can do to make your mouth healthier... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/\">(Read More)<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yes, Soda Really Is Bad For Your Teeth - Lake Oconee Dental Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yes, Soda Really Is Bad For Your Teeth - Lake Oconee Dental Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HERE\u2019S ONE REALLY SIMPLE THING that you can do to make your mouth healthier...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lake Oconee Dental Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LakeOconeeDental\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-03T16:56:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-26T14:39:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"lakeoconeedentistry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"lakeoconeedentistry\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"lakeoconeedentistry\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0fb2b54913a1391cb5a442fe8e9647d3\"},\"headline\":\"Yes, Soda Really Is Bad For Your Teeth\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-03T16:56:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-26T14:39:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":332,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\\\/\",\"name\":\"Yes, Soda Really Is Bad For Your Teeth - Lake Oconee Dental Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-03T16:56:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-26T14:39:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Yes, Soda Really Is Bad For Your Teeth\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lake Oconee Dental Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Lake Oconee Dental Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/site-log.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/site-log.png\",\"width\":356,\"height\":233,\"caption\":\"Lake Oconee Dental Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LakeOconeeDental\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/thereallakeoconeedentistry\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/lakeoconeedental\",\"https:\\\/\\\/maps.app.goo.gl\\\/CiP3wibcf8P5fyYs7\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0fb2b54913a1391cb5a442fe8e9647d3\",\"name\":\"lakeoconeedentistry\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c3603475dc0dce8e66950734152c69452fa04980f4dfc3cc55be38a164cb2c82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c3603475dc0dce8e66950734152c69452fa04980f4dfc3cc55be38a164cb2c82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c3603475dc0dce8e66950734152c69452fa04980f4dfc3cc55be38a164cb2c82?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"lakeoconeedentistry\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Yes, Soda Really Is Bad For Your Teeth - Lake Oconee Dental Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Yes, Soda Really Is Bad For Your Teeth - Lake Oconee Dental Blog","og_description":"HERE\u2019S ONE REALLY SIMPLE THING that you can do to make your mouth healthier...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/","og_site_name":"Lake Oconee Dental Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LakeOconeeDental","article_published_time":"2015-06-03T16:56:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-26T14:39:53+00:00","author":"lakeoconeedentistry","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"lakeoconeedentistry","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/"},"author":{"name":"lakeoconeedentistry","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0fb2b54913a1391cb5a442fe8e9647d3"},"headline":"Yes, Soda Really Is Bad For Your Teeth","datePublished":"2015-06-03T16:56:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-26T14:39:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/"},"wordCount":332,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/","name":"Yes, Soda Really Is Bad For Your Teeth - Lake Oconee Dental Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2015-06-03T16:56:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-26T14:39:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/yes-soda-really-is-bad-for-your-teeth\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Yes, Soda Really Is Bad For Your Teeth"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/","name":"Lake Oconee Dental Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Lake Oconee Dental Blog","url":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/site-log.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/site-log.png","width":356,"height":233,"caption":"Lake Oconee Dental Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LakeOconeeDental","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thereallakeoconeedentistry\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/lakeoconeedental","https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/CiP3wibcf8P5fyYs7"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0fb2b54913a1391cb5a442fe8e9647d3","name":"lakeoconeedentistry","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3603475dc0dce8e66950734152c69452fa04980f4dfc3cc55be38a164cb2c82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3603475dc0dce8e66950734152c69452fa04980f4dfc3cc55be38a164cb2c82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3603475dc0dce8e66950734152c69452fa04980f4dfc3cc55be38a164cb2c82?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"lakeoconeedentistry"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2076,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions\/2076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}