The vast majority of the people you’ll meet (in Longmeadow, MA, where our practice is located, or anywhere else) have had at least one cavity at some point in their lives. In fact, a 2010 study published in the Lancet estimates that about 36% of the global population has cavities; that’s nearly 2.5 billion people! Cavities are caused by tooth decay, which happens as the oral bacteria that ...