Before you get too excited, eating lots of candy isn’t good for you, of course—but it might be better for your teeth.
After you eat sweets, bacteria feed on the sugars and starches left on your teeth and form plaque. Eventually, the acid in plaque begins to wear away at the enamel coating your teeth, forming cavities..
So according to this article on PEOPLE, having one all-you-can-eat candy feast—then brushing your teeth right after—is actually “less cavity-causing than spreading that candy out over the next three months and having sugar in your mouth day after day after day.”
