Word: enameling
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...well-fed U.S. population has cavities). Dentist Jay also drilled deep into another pair of common beliefs: 1) that milk is good for adults' teeth because it provides them with calcium; and 2) that a pregnant woman is vulnerable to tooth decay. Not so, says Jay: after tooth enamel is formed (in childhood), nothing can be done either to add to it or subtract from...
...normal, mature tooth has a hard outer enamel, an inner layer of dentine, and at the core a soft pulp containing the nerves and blood vessels (see diagram). Because blood vessels do not reach the enamel, they bring it no nourishment, take none away, says...
...Custodians of the Statue of Liberty were giving the inside of the old lady a coat of hard enamel and planned to enclose the stair in wire netting. Reason: visitors have had a habit of scrawling their names on the wall in kissproof, scrubproof lipstick...
Skeptical (but hopeful) veterans wondered whether they would like living in an, enamel house. Other prefabricators, who have fallen way behind schedule, were dead sure that for a long time few veterans would have a chance to find...
Probably the greatest amount of ill health amounts to dental cavities, Cobb added. "It's appalling. You open a child's mouth and find a shell of enamel with a great black hole you can stick your finger into...