Enjoy drinking your favorite sodas such as coke, and sprite? Well, guess what. 185 million people die from these sugary drinks every year. Every time you take a sip of that soda, you are consuming a harmful substance that can potentially lead to death. This essay will lead you to become a healthier Homosapien. Sugar causes addiction, dissolves enamel, and can lead to harmful illnesses. Consuming sugar based products have the ability to burn through your enamel. “Plaque” (Substance…
• Ultra Brite – an American toothpaste and tooth-whitener marketed by Colgate-Palmolive in the United States. At present the 7,000 crore Indian toothpaste market witnesses Colgate holding a market share of 62.5% and HUL (Hindustan Unilever) 23%. This leaves a quarter of the share, of which brands…
Is too much acid good for our bodies or our teeth?The experiment that is being tested for my science fair experiment is, testing how baking soda can detect whether there is acid in the specific sour candy or not. This science fair experiment is important because it can test the amount of acid is in certain types of candy. It is not good for our bodies to have too much acid. When someone has too much candy with tons of acid, you can get what is called Acidosis which is when too much acid is build…
removes the pulp and nerve of the damaged tooth before cleaning and sealing the inner portion. If this process isn't done, tissue surrounding the affected tooth may develop an infection, leading to the formation of abscesses. The term root canal refers to the cavity located in the central part of the tooth where the pulp or pulp chamber is located. This is where the nerve of the tooth resides, and this nerve is critical in the health and functioning of the tooth. However, the nerve doesn't have…
One scientific process that is involved in the procedure is placing 3 different eggs in 3 different containers which are filled with coffee, coca cola, and sweet tea. Each day for 7 days the eggs will be taken out of the containers to record data. At the end of the experiment we should be able to see the progress that has been made over the week of being in different dark colored beverages. This topic is relevant to society because many people drink dark colored beverages and this can lead to…
1) Medical and social perception of edentulism Edentulism is a condition in which the mouth is without teeth which means that all the permanent teeth are lost. Tooth loss is an outcome of a complex interaction between disease entities as: 1. Caries 2. Periodontal disease And non-disease entities as: 1. Economy 2. Oral healthcare system 3. Access to dental services 4. Dental awareness 5. Cultural tradition 6. Education Continuing exposure to risk factors after onset of edentulism: 1.…
People can stain their teeth in more ways than one. A big silent killer is drinking anything that is highly acidic. According to Professor Laurence Walsh, some highly acidic drinks, like orange juice, can do more damage to teeth than soft drinks. Soft drinks and citric juices are the top contenders in dental erosion. The reason being there are acids contained in these drinks that dissolve any hard surfaces of the teeth that are exposed, such as the enamel. If the protective enamel is gone, the…
talking about how they should speed up time to stop Santa from delivering all the presents on Christmas Eve/Christmas Morning. This is caused by the small feud between Father Time and Santa. As the story continues, Santa enlists in the help of the Tooth Fairy, The Easter Bunny, and Cupid, as well as his head elf, Bernard to help stop Father Time from speeding up time. The five work together to stop him and in the end, Father Time realizes that he should not be speeding up time, but instead…
That is one of the leading causes for tooth decay. Soda reacts with bacteria in your mouth to create acids but not only regular soda, also diet. When drinking soda to avoid getting tooth decay, you should drink with a straw, drink a lot of water, and don’t drink it before you go to bed. There have been many experiments to test this. Soda Can decay your teeth. When you drink soda the sugar builds layers and wears down the hard stuff on the outside of the tooth called enamel. Then your teeth can…
Surname: Vilakazi Grade: 9L Teacher: Ms Mhlongo Science Investigation Question: Which soda water is the most harmful towards human teeth (for this investigation I will use egg shells because they have more or less everything in common with a human tooth)? Hypothesis: Coca Cola is the most harmful towards human teeth, and I say this because it contains more sugar than Coca Cola zero, Pepsi, Sprite and Distilled water, making it more harmful or corrosive to human teeth because this means that it…