If you keep your teeth clean and healthy, will cavities get worse?

I have two tiny cavities, but neither of them hurt.

If you keep your teeth clean and healthy, will cavities get worse?
Absolutely they will get worse.





Once you have an infection in your tooth, i.e. cavity.


You have the bacteria inside your tooth structure.


When you eat they eat. The sugars get into the tooth and it can actually act like a sponge. So that quick juice in the morning can keep the bacteria happy for hours. So yes. Once you have cavities they will get worse.





You can do things to help, like fluoride rinses. Water rinses after each drink and meal, you can slow it way down. But generally the bigger the cavities get the faster they go.





the sooner you tend to a problem the better the prognosis





Good luck
Reply:I can't see why they would..?
Reply:no definitely
Reply:well sometimes if u do keep them clean they might not grow. but don't wait 4 them to start hurting, just keep your regular dental appointments and your dentist can check them out everytime u go, to make sure that they have not grown. well good luck and keep brushing! :)
Reply:Ya even if u keep them squeaky clean the bacteria that had already entered will penetrate in deeper and eventually it gets worse,the cavity gets bigger..... so dont waste ur time!








Fill it and forget it !
Reply:No, if you look after them you will have amazing teeth. 2 cavaties isn't a big deal, but you want to watch out for them spreaading with the result of not brushing, etc.
Reply:hate to tell you this but flouride causes tooth decay, sorry to bust your bubbles, but the real world sucks testicales
Reply:If you already have the cavities yes they can get bigger if you don't get them fixed. I would get them done so they won't get bigger.
Reply:If they don't hurt they're probably still in enamel...if u keep ur teeth clean they might get arrested but as they have already cavitated they might also get worse





my advice: see a dentist, ask for preventive resin restorations...that is they just fill the tiny cavity and coat the rest of the teeth with a protective sealant to prevent more cavities








something else....fluride doesn't cause decay..it makes teeth more resistant to caries..but flurosis on the other hand (too much fluride during tooth development) causes an ugly stain in teeth and a mottled appearance in enamel.