caries
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"With the advent of fluoridated toothpaste, other countries without fluoride in the drinking water have similar caries occurrence as the US."
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2024
Of the adults' teeth, 13% were affected by caries -- often at the roots.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2023
In the prospective analyses, caries was associated with 30 and bleeding on probing with 8 metabolites.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023
The capsule caries a precious cargo - a handful of dust grabbed from asteroid Bennu, a mountain-sized space rock that promises to inform the most profound of questions: Where do we come from?
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023
A piece of cotton wool soaked in strong carbolic acid will relieve the pain of dental caries, but is useless in other forms of toothache.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various