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Definition of Dental caries
1. Noun. Soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth.
Definition of Dental caries
1. Noun. tooth decay; a disease of the teeth resulting in damage to tooth structure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Dental caries
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dental Caries
Literary usage of Dental caries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1884)
"THE first part of this work gives a very clear account of our present knowledge
of the aetiology and pathology of dental caries, and the most important ..."
2. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"The use of fluoride tablets for the prevention of dental caries. ... International
Workshop on Fluorides and dental caries Reductions. ..."
3. Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics by Herbert Swift Carter, Paul Edward Howe, Howard Harris Mason (1921)
"dental caries. It is common knowledge that dental caries is on the increase, and
although it is also true that more attention is given to the teeth than ..."
4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"Certain it is that savage races who are relatively immune from dental caries are
almost equally free from septal deviations. Nasal obstruction may itself be ..."
5. Dominion Dental Journal (1906)
"It consists of two main features—the problem of susceptibility and immunity to
dental caries, and the cause and prevention of dental caries. ..."