What causes cavities or caries?
Cavities, also known as “caries” are caused by several factors. These factors must all be present or cavities will not happen. The factors you need are: Teeth, Bacteria, Food, and Time. Most of us have the teeth, and all of us with teeth have the bacteria. I don’t know about you, but I can’t go for very many days without eating. The time factor is the time between when you eat and when you brush your teeth. Bacteria are small, if we pile them up like a mound of sand, it takes nearly a million organisms before we could see only a speck with our naked eyes. This means that they can get into every little nook and cranny that we have in our mouths. Every time we feed our selves we also feed the bacteria on our teeth. Every time these bacteria eat, they produce an acid environment. This acid is what breaks down our tooth structure and makes it soft. As the tooth softens it allows bacteria to actually start living in the tooth, speeding the process. Luckily we have a natural substance called
