In order to judge ripeness and taste of cantaloupe you can look for a few things: 1  Without cracking into it, pick up the melon and check out its skin. 2  Looks under the webbing of the cantaloupe and see if there is any color coming through the webbing. 3  Look for one that feels heavy for its size and that has a clean rind.
A cavity (say: KA-vuh-tee) develops when a tooth decays (say: dih-KAZE), or breaks down. A cavity is a hole that can grow bigger and deeper over time. Cavities are also called dental caries (say: KARE-eez), and if you have a cavity, it's important to get it repaired.
1. a hollow place or space, or a potential space, within the body or one of its organs. 2. in dentistry, the lesion produced by caries. abdominal cavity the cavity of the body between the diaphragm and pelvis, containing the abdominal organs.avity, pulp, n the space in a tooth surrounded by the dentin; contains the dental pulp. The part of the pulp cavity within the coronal portion of the tooth is the pulp chamber, and the part found within the root is the pulp canal, or root canal.