Impact of Sports Drink on Oral Health

Due to change in lifestyle, sports drink has grown rapidly in few years. Energy drinks intensify physical
stamina, stimulate metabolism, prevent exsiccation and exchange electrolytes during activity
attempts. In spite of its vogue, these energy drinks have a low pH and are acidulous in nature, it can
cause erosion of dentin and enamel surfaces, lead to permanent loss of tooth bulk and rise in
sensitivity of dentin. In addition to this all kind of sports drinks also cause massive destruction of tooth
structure as well as restorative materials used. These energy drinks restrain unnatural colours which
is likely to cause discoloration composite materials and glass ionomer cements. Acidic nature of the
energy drinks could lead to a deprivation, increase in wear and roughen the surface of restorative
materials. Many unfavourable outcomes of sport and energy drinks can be related due to
consumption among age below 18 years. They should be guided to have a control diet, and
consumption less amount of soft and energy drinks, keep away from negative oral health end results.
Over-consumption of soft drinks which contains sweetener and have the lowest pH are probable
source of preventable oral health issues.