Maintaining an alkaline mouth environment is critical for reducing and potentially reversing cavities, as acidity promotes demineralization.

“hence the critical need to keep your mouth as alkaline as possible which does not mean that you can never drink some lemon water or coffee or tea here's the key point that everyone needs to remember because this dovetails beautifully into how often you should brush and floss and when you should brush and floss specifically the key point is the degree to which your mouth is in a demon state or a remin state and the degree to which cavities have the opportunity to form is dependent on the amount of time the amount of time in which your mouth is net acidic or net alkaline the amount of time that you are in a demineralization mode or remineralization mode okay”

“the amount of time no one no one can avoid having their mouth be acidic every once in a while or ingesting a sugar or a food that strep mut mutans can feed on and produce acid the key is to try and reduce the amount of strep mutans and reduce the amount of acid in the mouth that's the best way to reduce cavities and even reverse cavities that have started to form”