I chew a pack a day --- of gum! are there any serious consequences??
Question: ps i'm 18.
Answers: Eventually, it may cause teeth erosion.
But the plus is good digestion.
Good for nerves, too.
Hey, it's better than smoking!
you can wear the catilage out in your jaw and then you will look funnny
Yes
One of the nice side effects of chewing gum is that you increase the production of saliva, which is usually good for oral hygiene and your breath. The bad (and relatively uncommon) side effects include diarrhoea, tummy pain and flatulence (from the sorbitol in sugarless gum), mouth ulcers (from cinnamon flavouring), high blood pressure and low blood potassium (from liquorice flavouring) and higher blood mercury levels (from dental amalgam already in your mouth, but only in cases of excessive chewing). Other unpleasant side effects include mechanical injury to the teeth, overuse injury (including temporomandibular joint syndrome) and even extrusion of dental repairs. But the overwhelming majority of us chew happily gum with no harmful side effects whatsoever.
Mind you, chewing gum in public places has given us the word gumfitti , referring to gum pollution in public places. Gumfitti has created a whole new expensive industry involving fancy gum-removal devices (solvents, liquid nitrogen, etc). Singapore has even made most non-medical uses of chewing gum illegal.
Modern chewing gum has five basic ingredients. First is the gum base (the chewy bit which today is usually a mix of natural and synthetic gums). The other five ingredients are softeners (such as vegetable oils), flavours, sweeteners and corn syrup. Your mouth's saliva will dissolve all of these - except for the gum. So does the gum stick to the wet and slippery lining of your gut? Nope, it comes out with the rest of your solid wastes - through the same pathway, and almost always, right on schedule.
cavities unless its sugar free, if it is sugar free the artificial sweeteners have been rumored to cause some types of cancer.
It would be wise to make it sugar-free gum.
The sugar in your gum will eventually eat away the enamel on your teeth, as it would be like having a candy in your mouth constantly all day. But- if it's sugar free then you shouldn't have to worry anymore about tooth decay than you would if you were eating most of the day (which still leaves you with some worry- so brush those chompers three times a day!!).
However, it WILL cause TMJ, or lock-jaw, which doesn't feel very good. =( Also, it will cause advanced erosion of the cartilage (cushioning) in the joints of your jaw over the years. The human jaw wasn't made to withstand 70 years of chewing all day long. =)
the white power on gum is sugar not the greatest for teeth but other than that do it. Better than smoking or chewing tobacco.
In some studies in Sweden xylitol- a natural sweetener from birch trees- has been shown to lessen the effects of ear aches and halt the loss of or even repair enamel on teeth. Most gums don't have this ingredient, so watch out for sugar or even worse corn syrup sweeteners.
Answers: Eventually, it may cause teeth erosion.
But the plus is good digestion.
Good for nerves, too.
Hey, it's better than smoking!
you can wear the catilage out in your jaw and then you will look funnny
Yes
One of the nice side effects of chewing gum is that you increase the production of saliva, which is usually good for oral hygiene and your breath. The bad (and relatively uncommon) side effects include diarrhoea, tummy pain and flatulence (from the sorbitol in sugarless gum), mouth ulcers (from cinnamon flavouring), high blood pressure and low blood potassium (from liquorice flavouring) and higher blood mercury levels (from dental amalgam already in your mouth, but only in cases of excessive chewing). Other unpleasant side effects include mechanical injury to the teeth, overuse injury (including temporomandibular joint syndrome) and even extrusion of dental repairs. But the overwhelming majority of us chew happily gum with no harmful side effects whatsoever.
Mind you, chewing gum in public places has given us the word gumfitti , referring to gum pollution in public places. Gumfitti has created a whole new expensive industry involving fancy gum-removal devices (solvents, liquid nitrogen, etc). Singapore has even made most non-medical uses of chewing gum illegal.
Modern chewing gum has five basic ingredients. First is the gum base (the chewy bit which today is usually a mix of natural and synthetic gums). The other five ingredients are softeners (such as vegetable oils), flavours, sweeteners and corn syrup. Your mouth's saliva will dissolve all of these - except for the gum. So does the gum stick to the wet and slippery lining of your gut? Nope, it comes out with the rest of your solid wastes - through the same pathway, and almost always, right on schedule.
cavities unless its sugar free, if it is sugar free the artificial sweeteners have been rumored to cause some types of cancer.
It would be wise to make it sugar-free gum.
The sugar in your gum will eventually eat away the enamel on your teeth, as it would be like having a candy in your mouth constantly all day. But- if it's sugar free then you shouldn't have to worry anymore about tooth decay than you would if you were eating most of the day (which still leaves you with some worry- so brush those chompers three times a day!!).
However, it WILL cause TMJ, or lock-jaw, which doesn't feel very good. =( Also, it will cause advanced erosion of the cartilage (cushioning) in the joints of your jaw over the years. The human jaw wasn't made to withstand 70 years of chewing all day long. =)
the white power on gum is sugar not the greatest for teeth but other than that do it. Better than smoking or chewing tobacco.
In some studies in Sweden xylitol- a natural sweetener from birch trees- has been shown to lessen the effects of ear aches and halt the loss of or even repair enamel on teeth. Most gums don't have this ingredient, so watch out for sugar or even worse corn syrup sweeteners.
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