TOOTH DECAY is also known as CARIES or CAVITIES happens when the bacteria living in your mouth produce acid that begins to eat away at your teeth. Dental caries is a major public health problem globally and is the most widespread non communicable disease.

In low income countries, the majority of dental caries goes untreated. Teeth affected by caries are often pulled out when they cause pain or discomfort. Severe dental caries can affect life quality. For instance, dental caries or cavities may cause difficulty in sleeping and in it advanced stages (abscesses) it may lead to pain and chronic systemic infection cavities can affect anyone who have teeth.

The early manifestation of the caries process is a small patch of demineralized (softened) enamel at the tooth surface, often hidden from sight in the fissures (grooves) of teeth. The destruction spreads into the softer, sensitive part of the enamel (dentine). The weakened enamel collapses to form a cavity and the tooth is progressively destroyed. Caries can also attack the roots of teeth, should they become exposed by gum recession that is more common in older adults.



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