{"id":2338,"date":"2016-12-13T18:20:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T18:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr-yarden.co.il\/test-post-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T18:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:42:01","slug":"stop-cavities-reverse-damage-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr-yarden.co.il\/en\/stop-cavities-reverse-damage-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Cavities and Reverse the Damage – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

To understand the processes that lead to cavities, picture the following:<\/p>\n

At every moment, a microscopic \u201ctug-of-war\u201d plays out on the surface of our teeth. On one side is Team Demineralization, whose players try to pull minerals out of the tooth and create cavities. On the other is Team Remineralization, which works to rebuild the tooth and restore minerals that were lost. The analogy may sound simplistic, but it vividly describes what happens in our mouths day after day, hour after hour, at a microscopic level.<\/p>\n

The traditional model of cavities is called Keyes\u2019 triad: three factors must combine\u20141) the host (the teeth), 2) the microflora (bacteria), and 3) the diet (sugar). That framing tries to simplify something far more complex. In contemporary biological medicine we treat caries as multifactorial\u2014driven by many additional variables. The first shortcoming of the old model is its narrow focus on what happens only in the mouth. In a modern approach we must remember that oral health is tied to whole-body health\u2014and is influenced by it just as strongly.<\/p>\n

We begin a journey into the science of cavities that considers both oral and systemic health, aiming for a more effective model that addresses local factors (the mouth) and global ones (the body).<\/p>\n

That helps us meet all the players in the tug-of-war:<\/p>\n