Hm apparently soda streamed water is way worse for your teeth than I thought
It has a ph level of about 4.7 to 5.1. Regular tap water can be as low as 6.5. As I'm sure everyone know, 7 is ideal, and a ph of 5 is ten times more acidic than a ph of 6. So if your water has the ph of 4.9, soda streamed water is about 40 times more acidic than tap water... yeh 👀
But apparently it's not only the acidity of a chemical that's important, but also it's composition. For example a ph of 4.9 of a water that has diluted carbonic acid in it decays teeth slower than phosphoric acid of the same ph (partly of what you'll find in cola).
From what I could gather, unflavoured fizzy water decays teeth faster than normal water (naturally, I would expect about 40 times faster), but it decays teeth 100s of times slower than a typical soda with a lower ph and sugar added.
It does make you think about all the times you drink fizzy water after brushing your teeth tho
But apparently it's not only the acidity of a chemical that's important, but also it's composition. For example a ph of 4.9 of a water that has diluted carbonic acid in it decays teeth slower than phosphoric acid of the same ph (partly of what you'll find in cola).
From what I could gather, unflavoured fizzy water decays teeth faster than normal water (naturally, I would expect about 40 times faster), but it decays teeth 100s of times slower than a typical soda with a lower ph and sugar added.
It does make you think about all the times you drink fizzy water after brushing your teeth tho
26-30, M
