I loved soda and candy as a youth, and my parents and dentist often warned me about how sugar and teeth don't always get along. I couldn't help it - I was addicted to the stuff.
Years and many cavities later, I'm not such a junk food junkie. I like to eat healthy, and my sweet tooth has by and large subsided. I still enjoy the occasional peanut butter cup and sour gummy peach, but if I eat too many, my teeth hurt.
One of the turning points for me was when a friend told me that if you lose a tooth, and place it in a glass of soda, it will dissolve overnight. I'm not sure if that is true, but the image is so intense, I shudder to think it.
These days I still drink soda, but only diet soda. And if I do drink the kind with sugar - whoa is it sweet.
Leaving a tooth in a glass of cola overnight will infact disolve the tooth!