What Is A Cavity Exactly?

Cavities, also known as caries, are holes in your teeth slowly created when foods with simple sugar attaches to a type of bacteria, called plaque, on your teeth. When plaque and these simple sugars, like suckers, soda, starches, and citrus combine without proper brushing and flossing or using mouthwash, if unable to brush, the cavities are able to start forming.