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Is your seltzer habit harming your teeth?

Sparkling water has all the bubbly and none of the sugar of soda. But is there a downside?

“Sparkling water is made by pumping carbon dioxide into water,” explains John Ruby, a retired professor of pediatric dentistry at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. “The CO2 turns into carbonic acid, and the pH drops.”

A lower pH means that the liquid has become more acidic. (Pure water has a neutral pH of 7 on the 0-to-14 pH scale.)

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Is your seltzer habit harming your teeth?

Sparkling water has all the bubbly and none of the sugar of soda. But is there a downside?