Impact of light and sugarefree beverages on dentin erosion e an in vitro study

AIM: To compare the erosive effect of different light and sugar free beverages in relation to their regular version, on dentin. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Bovine root dentin samples were randomized into 9 different types of drinks each n=12: CocaZ colari, Light CocaZcolari, CocaZcolari Zero, Guarana Antarticari, Guarana Antarticari Zero, Spriteri, Spriteri Zero, Del Valleri Passion fruit juice and Del Valleri Light Passion fruit juice. During each one of the 10 experimental days, the samples were subjected to 3 erosive demineralization (by immersion of the sample in the studied drink and remineralization (by immersion of the sample in artificial saliva cycles. Profilometry was evaluated at the end of the 1st, 5th and 10th days. For each type of drink, the data were tested using 2 way ANOVA and Bonferroni test (p