# Does Sugar Really Rot Your Teeth?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sugar-really-rot-your-teeth/181104>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 11, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sugar-really-rot-your-teeth/181104 "2003-06-11T14:24:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Penumbra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9f8e36/32.png) [@Penumbra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penumbra)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sugar-really-rot-your-teeth/181104/1 "2003-06-11T14:24:05Z")

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Does it really rot your teeth and if so, how?

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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sugar-really-rot-your-teeth/181104/2 "2003-06-11T14:45:16Z")

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Type “sugar teeth” without the parentheses into Google.

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sugar-really-rot-your-teeth/181104/3 "2003-06-11T14:47:06Z")

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Bacteria eat sugar and excrete acid, which can dissolve dental enamel.