Tooth enamel is one o f the hardest substances in our body. How does it undergo damage due to eating chocolates and sweets?

Answer :

Tooth Enamel is the hardest as well as highly mineralized substance of body and mainly covers outer layer in the tooth and it is quite visible part of tooth.

Tooth Enamel covers outer layer of tooth and made up minerals called as hydroxyapatite.

Colors could vary from the light yellow to grayish white and also semi translucent.

Here is your answer -

- Enamel is the hardest substances in all animal of kingdom Animalia. It is formed by mainly inorganic salt (96%). Main inorganic salts are calcium phosphate and calcium phosphate. Along with inorganic salts it also contains water in very trace amount (about 3%).

- In oral cavity many microorganisms are present. Due to eating chocolate and sweets, bacterias starts reaction and makes acids. These acids starts decaying Enamel.

- So, to prevent our teeth from decaying we should wash our teeth properly and we must brush our teeth two times in a day.

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