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February 5th, 2013, 15:21 GMT · By

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Soda Addiction Costs 25-Year-Old All His Teeth

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The fact that sodas and other similar drinks seriously take their toll on people's teeth is no news. Still, there are many who buy and consume them on a regular basis, thinking that doctors and researchers are probably exaggerating.

William Kennewell's story stands as proof that, when it comes to drinking rather large amounts of various sugary drinks, saying “no” might prove to be a most inspired decision.

To cut a long story short, this 25-year-old developed a so-called soda addiction, which compelled him to keep drinking such beverages even after he found himself losing all his teeth and needing dentures.

“Because my teeth were decaying so badly, it caused blood poisoning which just made me sick, but my health improved with the dentures,” William Kennewell told members of the press.

“I'm told a normal person has about 23 teeth, but ... I only had 13 left and they had to be removed,” he later added.

Just for the record, it seems that William owes his losing his teeth to his habit of drinking about 1,5 – 2 gallons (about 5,6 – 7,5 liters) of soda daily for a period of up to three years.

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Comment #1 by: free dentist hater on 14 Feb 2013, 02:07 UTC reply to this comment

I been drinking Pepsi for 10 years, some times I drank up to 2 of 2-liter sodas in a day for few weeks straight and some times it was just 1 of a 2-liter soda a week. Yup I sure do have cavities but I had them before I stepped into my soda addiction. I also had fillins done on most of my teeth about 5 years before my soda addiction and they had slowly worn out. I lost 1 tooth due to a big cavity that never got the fillins before my addiction so it cracked apart while eating crunchy foods such as hard tacos and chips.

And I have a cracked tooth is due to a "free" dentist while I was a student at Job Corps. They had messed up the tooth by drilling a huge hole and placed fillins. but the fillins broke out 1 year later and I felt relieved of pain after it came out, which now my tooth is cracking apart while I chew those crunchy foods.

The free dentist also further messed up my front lower teeth scraping extremely hard with a pick claiming plaque has grown on them but they scraped so much I was able to easily fit my finger nails between them. My front lower teeth were bare and felt fragile. I changed my diet for some extra calcium and it appears my front lower teeth is back to normal. I would refuse to go to such a bad experienced dentist again. And I will continue my soda addiction, just not as bad because these days taste like the soda manufacturers had changed the recipe a bit which doesn't taste as good as it was few years ago... I was a wine drinker so my taste buds were strong being able to taste differences in sodas bought from different stores and different sized bottles and stored cold or warm.

Comment #1.1 by: Another Drink Plz on 20 Feb 2013, 21:27 GMT

WTF Does a free dentist have to do with this story-At least you had free medical care most people would like that gift


Comment #2 by: jp on 09 Mar 2013, 01:22 UTC reply to this comment

Sorry to learn you lost your teeth so young. Maybe others will take not and realize sugary drinks are not good. It must be hard to adjust to dentures so young.

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