The Effect of Energy Drink on Enamel Erosion

Recently, energy drink consumption is rising. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of energy drink on enamel erosion by measuring pH and titratable acidity in energy drink on the market. pH and titrable acidity in drink were measured by selecting 3 kinds of energy drinks with high sales volume among energy drinks on the domestic market. To evaluate the erosion level of normal enamel, the erosion level was measured by using a surface micro-hardness after soaking it in drink for 1 minute, for 3 minutes, for 5 minutes, for 10 minutes, and for 30 minutes while using 10 pieces of bovine specimens per each group. All the energy drinks were containing citric acid. As for pH in drinks, pH of Burn intense was the lowest with $2.51{\pm}0.01$. Hotsix stood at $3.16{\pm}0.01$. Redbull stood at $3.37{\pm}0.00$. In pH 5.5, the titrable acidity of Burn intense was 3.59 ml. Redbull was 3.43 ml. Hotsix was 1.92 ml. All the energy drinks were reduced the surface micro-hardness according to a rise in time of immersion. Following the 30-minute treatment in drinks, the surface micro-hardness value was indicated to be the lowest in Redbull with $119.72{\pm}15.16$ VHN. It was shown to be in order of Hotsix $208.75{\pm}10.99$ and Burn intense $210.47{\pm}8.01$. Hotsix and Burn intense had no statistically significant difference (p>0.05). Accordingly, all the energy drinks, which were used in the experiment, caused the tooth enamel erosion. Among them, Redbull led to the largest enamel erosion. Thus, energy drink containing citric acid and low pH can cause the enamel erosion. However, it is thought to be necessarily progressed by considering factors of influencing etching a little more diversely by additionally analyzing intraoral factors, acid kinds, and even the content in calcium, phosphate and fluoride.

에너지 음료가 법랑질 부식에 미치는 영향

시판 중인 에너지음료의 법랑질 부식능을 알아보기 위하여 판매량이 높은 3종의 에너지음료와 대조군으로 생수를 선정하였다. 각 음료의 pH와 적정산도를 측정하고, 우치시편을 제작하여 음료에 각각 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 30분을 침지한 후 나타나는 양상을 표면미세경도계를 이용하여 측정한 결과, 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 대조군을 제외한 모든 음료에 구연산이 첨가되어 있었다. 에너지음료의 평균 pH는 $3.01{\pm}0.44$로 번인텐스에서 $2.51{\pm}0.01$로 가장 낮았다. 적정 산도의 평균은 pH 5.5에서 2.98 ml로 번인텐스에서 3.59 ml로 가장 높았다. 모든 에너지음료가 침지시간이 증가함에 따라 표면경도가 감소하였으며 음료 30분 처리 후 표면 경도값은 레드불에서 $119.72{\pm}15.16$ VHN으로 가장 낮은 경도값을 보였고, 핫식스 $208.75{\pm}10.99$, 번인텐스 $210.47{\pm}8.01$ 순이었다. 실험에 사용된 모든 에너지음료는 치아 법랑질에 부식을 유발하였으며, 음료처리 전과 후에 레드불이 가장 낮은 법랑질 표면 경도 값을 보여 실험에 사용한 에너지 음료 중 가장 많은 법랑질 부식을 유발하였다. 이로써 구연산을 함유하고, pH가 낮은 에너지 음료의 섭취는 치아표면경도를 감소시켜 부식을 유발하는 것으로 생각된다.