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Fun Dip is the worst Halloween candy for your teeth. Here are the other 9

Fun Dip packs about 3 teaspoons of sugar and a lollipop can coat teeth for 30 minutes. Here are the 10 worst Halloween candies for teeth

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Halloween candy hands teeth a double hit of sugar and acid, and the worst offenders aren't always the sweetest ones. Pixy Stix carries just 1.5 to 2.2 grams of sugar per piece yet still ranks among the 10 hardest treats on teeth, because the study scored acidity and time in the mouth alongside sugar.

Direct Dental, a private dental clinic, tested 30 popular Halloween treats for sourness, sugar per piece and how long each stays in the mouth, then combined the results into one score, giving families a short list of what to ration this year.

Fun Dip is the worst Halloween candy for teeth in Direct Dental's combined score. With a pH of 1.8, it is the most sour of all 30 treats the study tested, and each pack carries 11 to 12 grams of sugar, about three teaspoons.

The powdered candy dissolves in one to three minutes, which sounds brief, but that is still enough for a mouthful of acid and sugar to wash over every tooth.

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