What Is a Cavity? How Preventive Dentistry Keeps Small Problems from Getting Big

General Preventive Dentistry in Belton, MO

A simple picture Imagine a tiny pothole forming in a road after spring rain. Leave it alone and cars hit it again and again until the hole grows. A cavity works the same way: acid softens enamel, bacteria move in, and the surface collapses. Preventive dentistry steps in before that collapse—so repairs stay small, comfortable, […]