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Originally Posted by Sunny
Alcohol is high in sugar and acid, which may cause considerable damage to your teeth if it's in contact with them for even a short time.
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Actually, alcohol by definition doesn't contain sugar and will yield near-neutral solutions in water. Thus the pH of a
good unflavoured vodka would be expected to be in the near-neutral range, so if you drink premium vodka on the rocks you're probably OK.
However, the flavours present in many other alcholic beverages (not to mention many cheaper vodkas) and the mixers used in many or most mixed drinks are another matter entirely, so to the extent that most of these other drinks would indeed be acidic, and (depending mostly on the mixer) may also contain significant quantities of sugar, then you'd best heed the advice above and not consume them with your aligners in place.