Serbia team celebrates a point during a women's volleyball semifinal match between the USA and Serbia at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Maracanazinho indoor arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 18, 2016.
healthy gums. When we pull back our lips and look in our mouths, we see our teeth and a lining of gums that covers where the roots of the teeth meet the jaw bone. But from the bone at the depths to the gums at the surface, there's more going on than meets the eye.
Chewing gum can be good and bad for your teeth depending on what type of gum you chew. Gum can basically be classified into three different types based on how it is sweetened: 1 â Gum that is sweetened the old-fashioned way â with sugar. 2 â Gum that is sweetened with artificial sweeteners like aspartame. 3 â Gum that is sweetened with sugar alcohols such as sorbitol and xylitol. Letâs take a look at all of these types of gum and how they affect your teeth.