# My Dentist says that even diet sodas cause tooth decay so why aren't there warnings?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 8, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dentist-says-that-even-diet-sodas-cause-tooth-decay-so-why-arent-there-warnings/244156 "2004-05-08T07:05:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dentist-says-that-even-diet-sodas-cause-tooth-decay-so-why-arent-there-warnings/244156/21 "2013-03-04T01:12:51Z")

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Or even better, why wait seven years to post to make only your second post–and then to a nine-year-old thread?

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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:** [March 6, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dentist-says-that-even-diet-sodas-cause-tooth-decay-so-why-arent-there-warnings/244156/22 "2013-03-06T02:18:22Z")

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Because he’s an editor, not a writer.

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dentist-says-that-even-diet-sodas-cause-tooth-decay-so-why-arent-there-warnings/244156/23 "2013-03-06T22:46:37Z")

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> [@Nametag](#):
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> Because he’s an editor, not a writer.

I see no significant evidence of either.

Love the goofy semicolon splice.

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