OK, I'm back. Man, life gets busy. So...cavities? How do we get 'em? When you ask a patient what causes a cavity, they come up with answers like Bugs, Sugar, not brushing/flossing, etc. To each of these answers I slyly say “No”. Individually, each of these lack the ability to form cavities. Take bugs for example, we're talking about the one celled type. These little guys have no hands to hold picks or shovels. They have no mouth to eat a hole in the tooth. So how can they make a hole in a tooth? From a scientific view, studies have been done on dogs raised in "sterile" environments (no bugs) and fed all the sugar and anything else they want. You know what happens? NO CAVITIES. What you do get is happy dogs - happy because they are hoppped up on sugar and...have no cavities. SSSOOOO, how do we get cavities? Maybe it's sugar. If it's not bugs, let’s look at sugar then. And that I'll do next time. For now, I've gotta go. It's been a busy day. Looking forward to going home and seeing the wife & kids and watering the garden.
Take Care! Talk to you soon.