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Which eats away at teeth enamel more, citric or phosphoric acid?
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Both: The phosporic acid may seem more detrimental, but over a long period of time both are detrimental. It may very well be 6 to one half a dozen to the other.
Answered 1/21/2021
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Phosphoric: All acids bad, but phos much stronger than citric.
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