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Science worksheet on dental health showing tooth anatomy, cavity formation steps, and vocabulary terms for enamel, dentin, and pulp.
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How Bacteria Create Cavities

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This printable science worksheet explores how bacteria create cavities through a reading passage, labeling activity, and sequencing task. Students learn about tooth structure (enamel, dentin, pulp), how plaque and acid damage teeth, and the progression from enamel erosion to cavity formation. Works well for health or anatomy units in elementary science.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Health & Nutrition
Grade Level:
3rd – 5th Grades
Updated June 2026

Word Bank

  • cavity: a hole in a toothdentin: the bony material that makes up most of the hard part of a toothenamel: a tooth’s hard outer coatingpulp: the soft, living part of a tooth

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