Dietary Acidity and Dental Erosion: Effects of Frequent Acidic Food and Beverage Intake dietary-acidity-and-dental-erosion-effects-of-frequent-acidic-food-and-beverage-intake Volume 5, Issue 2 ARTICLES 2025 5 Dental erosion is a multifactorial issue that is becoming increasingly related to modern eating patterns, and particularly due to the increased amount of acidic food and drinks being consumed. Although some studies have demonstrated that dietary acids can erode teeth in a laboratory setting, very few clinical studies have examined the habits of adult individuals who consume these types of foods. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the frequency of consumption of various acidic dietary products (lemons, carbonated beverages, sour candies, vinegar, pickled vegetables, and sports drinks) and the presence of dental erosion in adult patients. The primary hypothesis of this study is that adult patients diagnosed with clinical dental erosion consume acid-containing dietary products more frequently than adults without erosive lesions. To test the hypothesis, a quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 60 adult patients aged 18-40 years who presented at a dental clinic in a university environment. Each participant underwent a clinical examination performed by trained and calibrated dental examiners. The participants were divided into two groups: a study group of patients with clinically confirmed erosive lesions (n = 30) and a control group of patients without erosive lesions (n = 30). A standardized questionnaire was used to ascertain the dietary patterns of each group of participants by determining how much the participants consumed weekly and monthly of the acidic foods (lemon juice, carbonated drinks, etc.) under study. Comparison of means between groups was accomplished using an independent samples t-test with p

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