Red Teeth People
March 30, 2007
Why do your teeth (and sometimes your lips) go red when you’re drinking red wine?
Why does it happen to some people and not to others? It can be incredibly embarrassing at times - and yes it happens to me on the odd occasion and pretty much all the time to my friend Mark Ridl (which is why I’m asking the question)!
If anyone knows why, we the ‘red teeth people’, would appreciate some answers in the comments section!
Cru Master
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March 30th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Well, scientific study has revealed that since red wine is in fact red, there is a high probability that the things with which it comes into contact will take on some of red wine’s reddy colour. Apparently a similar logic holds for blue paint, black ink and apparently green Lecol Squeeze juice too, all of which are coloured liquids likely to leave behind traces of the colour they are.
March 30th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Yes but it affects other people more than others - in fact it doesn’t even happen to some people!
so how then annon do you explain that?
I am looking for some fancy pants scientific answer….is it a reaction to proteins? dirty teeth? lip balm coating your teeth?
March 30th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Science can only offer a partial explanation for this deep and puzzling mystery… I suspect your queries are better directed at a mystic seer or such like, since it will require something quite inspirational to answer such a daft question…
March 30th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Reveal yourself or be gone with you Annon.
I do not take advice from strangers - if one can call it that.
As a Mystic Seer yourself, which came first? The Chicken or the Egg?
Or is that a daft question too?
March 30th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Dear Cru Master, you seem confused.
Firstly, I offered no advice at all. I would not presume to pronounce on matters of the palette, nor would I issue any directives to anybody interested in the subject. A suggestion perhaps, albeit one with respect to matters of knowledge and not grapey alcohol - another confusion of which you appear to be guilty.
Secondly, I am not myself a mystic seer - that is naughty logic, even a non-sequiter. Bad Cru Master.
As for your chicken/egg query, yes, that is also a daft question.
Lastly, I shall never reveal myself. I am too important. Perhaps you will be satisfied to call me Mr. Intergalactic Purveyor of Good Sense.
April 11th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
dear anonymous
in basic language so you can understand…. you are a dork!!
April 13th, 2007 at 6:13 am
Dear Cru
I am now writing from the assumption that you are talking about the stained redness on teeth that some people experience when tasting and drinking red wine?
Well, that is basically the tannins in the red wine that does the staining. I must confess, that on more than one occasion, I have had more than reddish/black teeth. I have actually had the lips to go with it after a decent tasting!!
The answer, my friend, lies in white wine. - You read it right! Those who are clever, will make sure to have an additional glass, filled with white wine so that they can ocassionally rinse and spit; rinse and spit.
On the other hand, bicarb dissolved in water is brilliant to take the stains away, but it damages your teeth. I suppose it depends on how important your teeth are??
I just came into the habbit of, when drinking red wine, having water handy. For every glass of red I have, I’ll have 2 glasses of water and that settles it for me.
Hope I did not mis-understand the question, kind sir?
August 4th, 2009 at 8:59 am
[...] I remember asking the question a while ago and got some sarky replies here. [...]
August 4th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Some say redness on the teeth can be directly linked to the amount of fluoride in the teeth. Therefore, the healthier the teeth, the redder the stains.
August 7th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
There was a twist to this tale as well.
Apparently, after a big night on the red, it is better to go to bed with your red gnashers unbrushed as the tannin softens your enamel and then when you brush, you actually brush off a thin layer of enamel with it.
This did the rounds amongst our cirlce of friends and the less hygenic/more lazy celebrated.
Then I had my 6 monthly check up. and asked my dentist about it. crap, was his reaction to it. so back to swaying in front of the mirror before collapsing in heap.
and you can use that to keep the conversation going when you really need to…