{"id":6541,"date":"2017-07-19T15:24:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T15:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texasdentistryforkids.com\/?p=6541"},"modified":"2021-08-05T22:49:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T22:49:49","slug":"what-the-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texasdentistryforkids.com\/blog\/what-the-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Cheese!"},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6551 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.texasdentistryforkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/blog-cheese-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Cheese wedge\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Did you know that cheese is good for your teeth?<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to a new study from the\u00a0Academy of General Dentistry\u00a0(AGD), cheese protects your pearly whites from acid erosion\u2014the breakdown of enamel brought on by coffee, tea, wine, soda, and so on.<\/span><!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cheese is also another saliva maker!\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Saliva also:<\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Washes away food and debris from teeth and gums<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Helps moisten and break down food to ease swallowing and enhances ability to taste<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Provides disease-fighting substances throughout your mouth to help prevent cavities and other infections<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Helps keep the surface of your teeth strong by providing high levels of calcium, fluoride and phosphate ions at the tooth surface.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The calcium in cheese, and the calcium and phosphates in milk and other dairy products, help put back minerals your teeth might have lost due to other foods. &#8220;It looks like dairy does the mouthgood,&#8221; says Academy of General Dentistry spokesperson Dr. Seung-Hee Rhee, &#8220;Not only are dairy products a healthy alternative to carb- or sugar-filled snacks, they also may be considered as a preventive measure against cavities.&#8221;<\/span>\n\n&#8211; Chasidy Alvarez","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Did you know that cheese is good for your teeth? 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