These Halloween Candies will Give Your Teeth a Fright

This Halloween candy is the scariest for your teeth!

Halloween season is upon us. And the day of reckoning is near. The Halloween candy is coming, if it isn’t already lurking somewhere in your house.

This year Americans will spend $3.5 billion on Halloween candy. That equates to over 600 million pounds. For a little perspective, the average child will consume 3 cups of sugar on Halloween – that’s about 144 teaspoons of sugar.

The Halloween sugar tsunami is nearing. It’s too big, and too late to escape it. Whether you’re tricking, treating, or young at heart, the sweet treats will be here soon. Since you can’t run away from them (and why should you?!), you can at least be aware of which treats are the scariest for your teeth.
This Halloween candy is the scariest for your teeth!When it comes to Halloween candies, some can cause more harm to your teeth than others.

The 3 Halloween Candies that are Scariest for Your Oral Health!

  1. The Sour – Sour Candies, like Sour Patch Kids, are so acidic they can dissolve tooth enamel directly on contact! Weakened enamel make teeth more at risk to break or crack, but also more prone to getting cavities.
  2. The Sticky– The stickier the candy, the higher the risk for tooth decay. Sticky Candies like gummy bears, Tootsie rolls, Snickers and Skittles take more chewing time and are more likely to stick to your teeth. The longer candy stays in your mouth, the easier it is for the candy’s bacteria causing sugars to cause tooth decay and cavities. Sticky candies can also damage existing fillings or crowns.
  3. The Hard – Hard Candies like lollipops or Jolly Ranchers. Not only do hard candies sit in your mouth for a longer period of time, which allows sugars linger, but they also can crack, and break, your sweet tooth.

Curious to know which Halloween treats have the most sugar? These candies have the most grams of sugar per 100 grams. 1. Nerds 2. Sour Patch Kids 3. Swedish Fish 4. Candy Corn 5. Skittles.

Halloween is the season that brings out the inner kid in all of us. And there’s no reason to not enjoy the treats. Just eat your treats in moderation, follow some Halloween oral health tips, and keep up with your routine dental hygiene – keep flossing & brushing.

If your sweet tooth breaks, or cracks, this season, or you want a post-Halloween whitening, we’re here for you. Please call us at (206) 524-1000 to schedule an appointment or reach out to us online!

Enjoy the season and Happy Halloween from your North Seattle Dental team! We hope it’s a festive and cavity free one for everyone this year!

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