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Tooth decay is the process that results in a cavity (dental caries). It occurs when bacteria in your mouth make acids that eat away at a tooth. If not treated, tooth decay can cause pain, infection, and tooth loss.
The mixture of bacteria and acids make a sticky substance called plaque which if not treated, can cause your tooth to rot or turn into a yellowish colour.
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What is the name of the process that treats water with a chemical to reduce tooth decay reduce causes of osteoporosis and hardening of arteries?
fluoridation
What is the name of the process that treats water with a chemical to reduce tooth decay reduce causes of osteoporosis and hardening of the arteries?
fluoridation
What is the dentists name for tooth decay?
a cavity
Name the chemical that helps prevent tooth decay?
Flouride.
What are 3 terms that mean radioactive decay?
Dental Caries is the scientific name for 'tooth decay.'
What what is another name for tooth decay?
I think cavities..
What is a catchy name for a science fair about tooth decay?
Traumatized Teeth
Name one metal element in tooth enamel?
calcium
What is the name of the process where isotope's neutron breakes down into a proton and an electron and a new element forms?
This is Beta decay.
What is the name of the process in which the nucleus of an atom of one element is changed in to the nucleus of an atom of a different element?
Normally called transmutation. This was what the old alchemists were trying to achieve, but they didn't know about nuclear reactions.
What is the name of the teeth that cannot come out?
Submerged dentition. If a tooth is stuck and wants to come out but cannot, we call it an impacted tooth. Usually it is a third molar tooth that causes this condition. also known as impacted wisdom tooth.
What is a parent isotope?
These terms apply to the decay of radionuclides. The parent isotope is 'the starting point' of a decay series that when it decays, by giving off radiation, changes into another element, or isotope of the original element (the daughter isotope). For example: When Uranium 238 (parent isotope) decays and gives off an alpha particle, it transmutes into Thorium 234 (the daughter isotope).
