Tooth decay, also known as cavities or caries, is the breakdown of teeth due to acids produced by bacteria. The cavities may be a number of different...
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(cavities), described as "tooth decay", is an infectious disease which damages the structures of teeth. The disease can lead to pain, tooth loss, and infection...
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Tooth enamel is one of the four major tissues that make up the tooth in humans and many animals, including some species of fish. It makes up the normally...
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Mr. Tooth Decay is a 1976 educational album by the American heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali. The album was recorded to raise awareness of tooth decay among...
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controlled adjustment of fluoride to a public water supply solely to reduce tooth decay. Fluoridated water contains fluoride at a level that is effective for...
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dental avulsion, tooth decay, and gum disease. The condition of being toothless or missing one or more teeth is called edentulism. Tooth loss has been shown...
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this is not held anymore as true. Impacted wisdom teeth may suffer from tooth decay if oral hygiene becomes more difficult. Wisdom teeth which are partially...
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Oral hygiene (redirect from Tooth care)
disease and bad breath. The most common types of dental disease are tooth decay (cavities, dental caries) and gum diseases, including gingivitis, and...
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Remineralisation of teeth (redirect from Tooth remineralisation)
cavitation (tooth decay) or erosion (tooth wear). Tooth decay demineralization is caused by acids from bacteria in the dental plaque biofilm whilst tooth wear...
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Sodium monofluorophosphate (section Tooth decay)
drinking water when used in concentrations between 0.1 mg/L and 500 mg/L. Tooth decay is caused by bacteria naturally present in one's mouth. These bacteria...
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Toothpaste (redirect from Tooth paste)
delivers active ingredients (most commonly fluoride) to help prevent tooth decay (dental caries) and gum disease (gingivitis). Owing to differences in...
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Pericoronitis (section Tooth position)
food impaction causing periodontal pain, pulpitis from dental caries (tooth decay), and acute myofascial pain in temporomandibular joint disorder. Pericoronitis...
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Sucrose (section Tooth decay)
worldwide in 2017. Sucrose is particularly dangerous as a risk factor for tooth decay because Streptococcus mutans bacteria convert it into a sticky, extracellular...
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The idea of a tooth worm is a theory of the cause of dental caries, periodontitis and toothaches. Once widespread, the belief is now obsolete, having...
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Dental extraction (redirect from Tooth pulling)
most commonly to remove teeth which have become unrestorable through tooth decay, periodontal disease, or dental trauma, especially when they are associated...
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Dental abscess (redirect from Tooth abcess)
that has accumulated in the soft, often dead, pulp of the tooth. This can be caused by tooth decay, broken teeth or extensive periodontal disease (or combinations...
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Dental sealant (redirect from Tooth sealant)
simply fissure sealants) are a dental treatment intended to prevent tooth decay. Teeth have recesses on their biting surfaces; the back teeth have fissures...
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Dentistry in ancient Rome (section Tooth decay)
Medieval Croatia suggests that rates of abscesses, caries, tooth loss, posterior teeth decay, and alveolar resorption rose during the Early Medieval period...
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Meth mouth (category Acquired tooth disorders)
Meth mouth is a colloquial term used to describe severe tooth decay and tooth loss, as well as tooth fracture, acid erosion, and other oral problems that...
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Streptococcus mutans (category Tooth decay)
commonly found in the human oral cavity and is a significant contributor to tooth decay. It is part of the "streptococci", an informal general name for all species...
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as cavities or tooth decay Bacteria in the mouth use foods that contain sugar or starch to produce acids which eat away at the tooth’s structure causing...
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Toothache (redirect from Tooth ache)
Common causes include inflammation of the pulp, (usually in response to tooth decay, dental trauma, or other factors), dentin hypersensitivity, apical periodontitis...
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as in manual tooth conservation, use of fluoride water treatment and fluoride toothpaste, dealing with oral diseases such as tooth decay and periodontitis...
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Deciduous teeth (redirect from Tooth, deciduous)
of a tooth and possibly involves the pulp. Tooth decay in primary teeth tends to progress quite quickly and often reaches the pulp of the tooth. In cases...
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Software decay, in computing Decomposition of organic matter Mitochondrial decay, in genetics Tooth decay (dental caries), in dentistry Optical decay, in quantum...
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almost completely noncaloric, and does not affect blood sugar or cause tooth decay. Japanese companies pioneered the commercial development of erythritol...
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Sugar (section Tooth decay)
associated with obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and tooth decay. In 2015, the World Health Organization strongly recommended that adults...
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Tooth whitening or tooth bleaching is the process of lightening the color of human teeth. Whitening is often desirable when teeth become yellowed over...
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tooth and the gem weakens which creates a gap which cannot be cleaned, allowing bacteria to accumulate and can eventually lead to tooth decay. Tooth gems...
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victim had received dental work previously in her life, but had heavy tooth decay at the time of her death. Dental work showed fillings on 3 lower molars...
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