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A new study has found that energy drinks and sports drinks irreversible damage to teeth, with energy drinks being as damaging as sports drinks. A report recently published in the "General Dentistry" found that the high acidity levels in the drinks tooth enamel, the glossy outer layer that the tooth. Lead author Dr Poonam Jain said: "Young adults these drinks assuming that they will improve their sports performance and energy and that they are ‘better’ for them than soda….Most of these patients are shocked to that these drinks are essentially their teeth with acid." This has led to an increase in tooth decay and the for fillings.

The report says 30 to 50 per cent of American teenagers consume sports and energy drinks, as many as 62 per cent drinking at one sports drink a day. It also says brushing teeth after drinking one of the drinks does more than good as this will spread the acid the tooth enamel. The doctors advised people to wait at an hour before brushing your teeth. Dr Jennifer Bone of America's Academy of General Dentistry recommended people sugar-free chewing gum and the mouth with water after drinking the drinks. She said: "Both tactics increase saliva , which naturally helps to return the acidity levels in the mouth to ."