Ana amfani da mutane don gaskata cewa caries yana tsokanar abin sha tare da abun ciki na sukari. Masana daga Ostiraliya sun karyata wannan tatsuniya. Masana kimiyya sun nuna cewa alewa da abubuwan sha masu laushi marasa sukari sun fi cutar da hakora fiye da takwarorinsu masu sukari. An gudanar da binciken ne a Melbourne. A lokacin, masana kimiyya sun gwada sha fiye da ashirin.
Babu sukari ko barasa a cikin abun da ke ciki, amma phosphoric da citric acid sun kasance. Dukansu sun haifar da haɗari ga lafiyar hakori. Bugu da ƙari, zuwa mafi girma fiye da sukari, wanda ake zargi da caries. Ana ƙara gaya wa mutane cewa cututtukan haƙora yawanci abubuwan zaki ne ke haifar da su, in ji likitoci. A gaskiya wannan ya yi nisa da lamarin. Yanayin acidic yana haifar da lalacewa da yawa ga enamel. Kwayoyin da ke haifar da cututtuka suna amfani da sukari don abinci. Kuma kawai lokacin da ya cika, ƙwayoyin cuta masu haɗari suna haifar da acid, wanda ke haifar da enamel mara kyau. Rashin sukari a cikin abubuwan sha yana kawar da hanyar haɗin farko a cikin sarkar. Kwayoyin da ke haifar da cututtuka ba sa haifar da acid. Ya riga ya kasance a cikin abubuwan sha, hakora "wanka" a ciki.
A sakamakon haka, babban taro na acid da microorganisms yana motsa farkon caries. A cikin mafi tsanani lokuta, yana iya fallasa ɓacin rai na haƙori kuma ya shiga zurfi cikin enamel, yana lalata hakori gaba ɗaya. Don guje wa irin wannan sakamakon ga lafiyar hakori, masana kimiyya sun ba da shawarar a guji shan abubuwan sha waɗanda ba su da sukari ko yawan acidity.