How to Drink Coffee Without Staining Your Teeth

How to Drink Coffee Without Staining Your Teeth
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For many, coffee or tea is a sacred morning ritual. And while that ritual may offer many health benefits (and a serious pick-me-up), your favorite brew comes with a price: enamel staining.

“Think about what will happen if you were to leave a mug sitting with tea or coffee without rinsing it out,” says Doctor Laura Sharbash, DDS, dentist at Seidner Dentistry & Associates. Now swap out that porcelain mug for your pearly whites and well, you get the picture.

Avid tea drinkers can add something milky to help lessen the effects of tea stain.
Zoe Eisenberg
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