cavity
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Rather than removing damaged tooth material and placing a filling, a dentist uses a tiny sponge tipped applicator to paint the liquid directly onto the cavity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
“All the cavity nesters; all the nesters that rob the cavity nesters. Everyone is living in there. All of that is lost in one fell swoop. It’s a sort of strip mining.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
The scans allowed them to build a three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull fragment, along with a model of its internal cavity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
A mass was found in Jake's nose and nasal cavity and he was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
To the west, between two of the flanges of the tree that spread out to be roots, was a cavity.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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With only 22 participants and a testing period lasting just 30 minutes after consumption, the study cannot establish whether drinking cranberry juice regularly prevents cavities or produces lasting improvements in dental health.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Every year, thousands of young children in the United States visit emergency departments because of untreated cavities.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
When Pioneer created samples, cavities intended to hold game accessories didn’t form, came out too thin or didn’t have the required depth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
They usually nest in cavities that form in large, old trees like oaks.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
"I hope you are better at filling cavities than making false teeth," Turtle said, gripping the arms of the dentist's chair.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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