carious
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But other experts are critical of the Diagnodent and other early detection devices because they identify areas on teeth that aren't actually carious lesions.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2011
Nuwer's so-called cavities, he concluded, had actually been "incipient carious lesions," a form of early stage decay that some dentists call "microcavities."
From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2011
But other experts are critical of the Diagnodent and other early-detection devices because they identify areas on teeth that aren’t actually carious lesions.
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2011
Ms. Nuwer’s so-called cavities, he concluded, had actually been “incipient carious lesions,” a form of early-stage decay that some dentists call “microcavities.”
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2011
We are only just beginning to realise the indescribable filthiness of carious teeth, than which anything more unclean, a few diseases excepted, can scarcely be found in slums.
From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
