Chewing gum for 15 minutes or may lead to super-ulcer

In addition to chewing gum sweet mellow, fragrant and tasty, there are some special features, such as cleaning the mouth, dental caries prevention, and to promote the normal development of children's cheeks, and so on. However, chewing gum for too long will cause adverse health effects, it is because:
(1) The corrosion of teeth because most are based on sugar-sweetened chewing gum, chewing gum, the sugar will stay a long time in the oral cavity, oral cariogenic bacteria in the use of sucrose would produce acidic substances, corrosive to the teeth, cause tooth decalcification, and induce dental caries.

(2) damage to the mouth of the filling study found that chewing gum may damage the mouth often used for filling material, so that one of the amalgam released, resulting in blood and urine mercury levels exceeding the standard and thus the brain, central nerve and kidney hazard.

(3) children at risk children in poor self-control all day, including the gum in your mouth may be swallowed or accidentally strayed into the trachea, life-threatening. Prolonged chewing gum, chewing muscles is always in a state of tension, it is possible to cultivate the habit of sleeping molars, thus affecting the child's sleep quality. It is for these reasons, many experts suggest that chewing gum will not take more than 15 minutes. In addition, prolonged chewing gum, will reflex to a large number of gastric acid secretion. Especially in the fasting state, not only nausea, loss of appetite, anti-acidic water and other symptoms, long-term effect may also lead to diseases such as ulcers and gastritis.

◆ chewing gum are forbidden to Kuxiao talks in order to prevent the choke into the trachea, causing life-threatening suffocation;

◆ mend teeth were best not to chew gum;

◆ Do not chew gum from the mouth get into the hands out so as to avoid bacterial contamination