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Coffee and your enamel: an honest peace treaty

Coffee and your enamel: an honest peace treaty

AURA Journal author

Dr. Laura Jensen

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3 min

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June 2026

In this article

Full disclosure The chemistry of staining The 30-second routine When not to brush

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A 20-second scan answers this for your specific mouth, free on a first visit.

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30 sec

of routine after the cup, that is the whole treaty

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cups of coffee anyone here gave up

45 min

to wait before brushing after acidic drinks

Let us begin with full disclosure: this clinic runs on espresso. Nobody here will ever tell you to quit, because we would have to quit first.

Staining is chemistry, and chemistry can be negotiated with. Thirty seconds of the right routine after the cup, and the treaty holds indefinitely.

The routine itself takes longer to read than to do. Water, timing, and one counterintuitive rule about when NOT to brush.

Doctor’s note

The counterintuitive part: brushing immediately after coffee does more harm than the coffee. Rinse first, brush later.

Questions this article did not cover? The chair answers better than the comments.

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