My dentist told me that i need lots of work done on my teeth and i need to stop eating sugar. but i'm completely addicted to candy what should i do?

It depends: If you want to keep your teeth, then do as your dentist recommends and stop eating sugar so often and get your teeth fixed. If you don't care about your teeth or your health, don't change. It's all about personsal responsibility.

Dental Hygiene: The next best thing to reducing your sugar intake is to clean sugar completely out of your mouth with brushing, flossing and rinsing. The sugar feeds bacterial plaque on your teeth which in turn metabolizes the sugar into acid which damages your teeth. The less time you allow sugars to remain in your mouth, the less exposure your teeth will have to bacterial acids.

Quitting sugar: Well, you can start by reducing some sugar like if you were eating 15-20 candies a day then reduce them to 3-5 . Similarly, if you were drinking three bottles of soda in a day, then reduce it to one split three times. Eventually, u will be able to cut it out completely. Chew sugar free xylitol gum to curb your cravings. But it's time to change your food habits or you will not have any teeth left.

Well, now: While some people are just prone to getting cavities, and you may be one of them, being "addicted" to sugar is both harmful to your teeth and can be harmful to your general health also.... Time to cut back, young man!