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by cauliflower2718 1466 days ago
A dentist once told me that it's worse for my teeth to sip a soda or a coffee slowly over several hours than to chug it all at once. I wonder if it was suggested because patients might actually do that, compared to not drinking soda or coffee at all.

(I might drink coffee slightly faster than I used to. I do not drink soda. I'm fine with stains but not unnecessary tooth decay.)

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I've been told that drinking it via a straw is better on your teeth because the straw deposits it directly into your throat and doesn't swish it around your teeth, but in any case I suspect doctors and dentists have stopped telling people to change their diets because people just don't.
It would be hilarious if this turns out to be true. My wife eats slowly, has some dental problems. I eat extremely fast, have been criticized my whole childhood because of how fast I eat (and drink, but nowdays I drink only water).

I have zero dental problems.