Easy Ways To Prevent Cavities

When acid constantly attacks the teeth, the hard outer shell of the tooth—the enamel—keeps losing minerals. A white spot, which signals early decay, may appear on a tooth, and the damage at this point can be reversed and enamel can repair itself²⁴. But if the tooth decay process isn’t reversed, enamel continues to get weaker as more minerals are lost and a cavity, which is permanent damage, forms and has to be fixed by a dentist²⁴.

You can prevent cavities. Minerals in our saliva, such as calcium and phosphate, along with the protective fluoride that we can get from fluoride toothpaste or a fluoride rinse, can repair enamel and protect teeth from acid damage²⁴. The mineral fluoride prevents tooth decay from worsening, helps replace minerals that have been lost, and stops bacteria’s ability to turn sugar and starches into corrosive acid²⁴.