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I've been drinking diet coke all day (about 3 liters/day) for many years, which causes my teeth to be less than white and also rather sensitive. Besides the col

I've been drinking diet coke all day (about 3 liters/day) for many years, which causes my teeth to be less than white and also rather sensitive. Besides the coloring, I suspect that the enamel is being thinned down by the citric/phosphoric acid. I have no chronic pain, but the cosmetic aspect and the sensitivity bothers me. TFA sounds like that treatment could help. Any other recommendations for my situation? I can't brush agressively due to receding gums. I use a chlorhexidine solution regularly, which helps preventing inflammation/aphthae in the mouth, which I used to have quite often prior to discovering CHX. And no, dialing down the diet coke is unfortunately not possible for me. ;)

sabco 5y ago
Why is reducing the diet coke not possible for you? I don't mean to ask this as a snide remark, I'm just curious.
- throwcoke 5y ago
  It's a strong addiction. I'm a device for turning diet code into working software ;) [1]. I need the caffeine kick. I don't particularly like to drink tea or coffee (which wouldn't help with the teeth coloring anyway). And I like the taste of diet coke (or coke zero) a lot. I tried switching to water multiple times, but was unable to sustain it. I wish Coca-Cola would produce a colorless variant (like Pepsi once did), which would at least improve the whiteness. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C3%A9d_R%C3%A9nyi#Quotations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C3%A9d_R%C3%A9nyi#Quotati...
briane80 5y ago
"I've never seen a thin person drinking diet coke"
khalilravanna 5y ago
What about switching to seltzer you can mix with caffeine powder? If you look you should be able to find a “cola” flavored one which while not the same should at least be an approximation. From some quick googling it appears seltzer still has carbonic acid which ain’t great for your teeth but it’s not as bad as regular soda’s acid-combo [1]. [1] https://espiredental.com/is-seltzer-really-bad-for-your-teeth/ https://espiredental.com/is-seltzer-really-bad-for-your-teet...
- throwcoke 5y ago
  Thanks. I googled for cola-flavored caffeine powder, but couldn't find anything. Do you have an example? The caffeine content of Coke is relatively low (only about a third or fourth of coffee, and lower than other cola products), which makes it practical for me to sip it all day. I guess I'm as much addicted to the taste as to the caffeine.

sabco 5y ago

Why is reducing the diet coke not possible for you? I don't mean to ask this as a snide remark, I'm just curious.

throwcoke 5y ago
It's a strong addiction. I'm a device for turning diet code into working software ;) [1]. I need the caffeine kick. I don't particularly like to drink tea or coffee (which wouldn't help with the teeth coloring anyway). And I like the taste of diet coke (or coke zero) a lot. I tried switching to water multiple times, but was unable to sustain it. I wish Coca-Cola would produce a colorless variant (like Pepsi once did), which would at least improve the whiteness. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C3%A9d_R%C3%A9nyi#Quotations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C3%A9d_R%C3%A9nyi#Quotati...

briane80 5y ago

"I've never seen a thin person drinking diet coke"

khalilravanna 5y ago

What about switching to seltzer you can mix with caffeine powder? If you look you should be able to find a “cola” flavored one which while not the same should at least be an approximation. From some quick googling it appears seltzer still has carbonic acid which ain’t great for your teeth but it’s not as bad as regular soda’s acid-combo [1]. [1] https://espiredental.com/is-seltzer-really-bad-for-your-teeth/ https://espiredental.com/is-seltzer-really-bad-for-your-teet...

throwcoke 5y ago
Thanks. I googled for cola-flavored caffeine powder, but couldn't find anything. Do you have an example? The caffeine content of Coke is relatively low (only about a third or fourth of coffee, and lower than other cola products), which makes it practical for me to sip it all day. I guess I'm as much addicted to the taste as to the caffeine.