Eli5: why is when a bone shatters it can rebuild itself but when a tooth gets a hole in it it just keeps eating away at it

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Eli5: why is when a bone shatters it can rebuild itself but when a tooth gets a hole in it it just keeps eating away at it

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You might be interested to read about Weston Price – he was a dentist back in the 1950’s (I think) who asked the same question and did a ton of research about how to heal cavities. He did have success in doing that too. His research is one of the reasons I don’t use toothpaste that contains glycerin anymore (and have far fewer cavities).

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