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• n  soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth

• cavity
• caries
• tooth decay

News & Articles

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• Dental Cavities May Reduce Risk for Certain Types of Cancer
  It's not often you hear a dentist say something nice about cavities, but that may be changing. In a recently published study in The Journal of the American Medical Association involving 620 participants, subjects with cavities, or dental caries, showed a significantly reduced rate of developing head and neck cancers See also: FCC Revisits Cellphone-Cancer Link "To our knowledge, the present ...
  Sept. 16, 2013 - Mashable
• Tooth Cavities May Protect Against Cancer
  Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "John Gever reports at MedPage Today on a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Buffalo, which found that people with more cavities in their teeth are 32 percent less likely to suffer from head and neck cancers. 'To our knowledge, the present study suggests, for the first time, an independent association between dental caries and head and neck ...
  Sept. 15, 2013 - Slashdot