Posts tagged dental cavity
Seven things that can happen if you have a dental cavity

Dental cavities, also known as caries or tooth decay, are damaged areas in the hard surface of your teeth that develop into tiny openings or holes. Cavities are caused by a combination of factors, including bacteria in your mouth, frequent snacking, sipping sugary drinks, and not cleaning your teeth well.

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Spotlight on Jelly Beans

in Australia, jelly beans have been sold for 80 years at chemists and marketed as important to health for their glucose content but these cute and tasty, fun flavoured, multi coloured confectionaries violently attack your teeth. Jelly beans coat your teeth with their stickiness which can only be removed by brushing and flossing.

Cavity producing bacteria love to eat jelly beans even more than you do. They eat the jelly beans and produce acid which damages your tooth enamel and causes tooth decay.

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