{"id":8182,"date":"2024-06-21T09:04:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T09:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=8182"},"modified":"2024-06-21T09:28:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T09:28:38","slug":"these-5-teeth-habits-cause-a-surprising-amount-of-damage-dentists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=8182","title":{"rendered":"These 5 Teeth Habits Cause a Surprising Amount of Damage, Dentists Say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These habits can cause a surprising amount of damage to your teeth, experts say.<\/p>\n

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A few years ago, I booked an emergency visit with my dentist for a cracked molar.<\/p>\n

When he asked me how it happened, I told him I had been eating popcorn and crunched on some of the unpopped kernels, which I find weirdly satisfying.<\/p>\n

He sighed. I was not the first popcorn-loving patient he had seen with a broken tooth, he said. Please, he added wearily, don\u2019t do that anymore.<\/p>\n

Like me, there are probably a few things you\u2019re doing \u2014 some that you might even think are harmless \u2014 that can land you in a dentist\u2019s chair. So I asked experts to share some of the habits that were keeping them in business. Here are four more.<\/p>\n