“Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are” by Anthelme Brillat Sararin. Have you ever thought that what you love to consume daily turns out to be a silent killer? For cavities, soft drinks have always been the favorite drink of children and young adults. Over the past generation, consumption of carbonated soft drinks has increased significantly around the world in general and in the United States in particular across all demographic groups, especially adolescents. Apart from obesity and other health problems, caused by excessive intake of sugar and calories, daily consumption of soft drinks also leads to serious oral health problems. Over time, soft drinks, a cool, fizzy drink, are becoming more and more popular. According to annual per capita soft drink consumption data from the USDA Economic Research Service, in the 2000s, the number of 12-ounce servings was approximately five times higher than in 1950 (Jacobson 1). The average person, man, woman, or child, consumes about one and a half 12-ounce servings of diet or regular soda per day (Erickson). According to Dr. Pamela R. Erickson, the consumption of soft drinks is reaching its alarming stage of overconsumption. carbonated drinks can lead to serious dental diseases. Another study conducted by Dr. Michael F. Jacobson indicated that there is a strong connection between tooth decay and the frequency of drinking soft drinks with meals (14). Soft drinks contain acids and acidic sugar byproducts that soften surface enamel and cause cavities, tooth decay, and tooth loss (“Soda or Pop?”). It affects people of all ages, especially young people whose enamel is still immature and is easily affected by acidic substances (Erickson). With the number of oral health problems potentially increasing due to...... middle of paper ......., Shao, M., Hu, T. and Zhou, X. "Dental erosion and severe dental caries linked to soft drinks: case report and review of the literature*." OAIster. Zhejiang University Press. 2009. Web.March 13, 2014Erickson, P., Alevizos, DL & Rindelaub, DJ “Soft drinks are hard on your teeth.” Sip all day long. Minnesota Dental Association. 2001. Web. March 13, 2014 Jacobson, Michael. "Liquid Candy How Soda Is Harming Americans' Health". 2005. Center for Public Interest Science. PDF file. Web.March 23, 2014Nguyen, Hoa. “Soft drinks survey”. Investigation. March 24, 2014. Nguyen, Hoa. “Vending machine”. Photography. March 25, 2014. Ong, A., Arcinas, C., Koh, H. and Seow, R. “Investigation on the erosive potential of beverages.” 2007. PDF file. Web.March 23, 2014“Soda or Pop? It's a tooth problem, whatever it's called. Colgate Oral Health Resource Center. Colgate-Palmolive Company. 2014. Web.March 19. 2014