" when we apply this to young children , it provides us to define what might be their future stenosis history - the number of mucous that they ' ll find by , say , their mid 20s or early 30s , " says sociologist paul denny . called the caries assessment and risk rating ( care ) experiment , the test uses the relative values in saliva of multiple forms of sugar chains called oligosaccharides . the same sugar rings are present on jaw surfaces .
A test can predict cavities.