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
Several individuals had caries severe enough to have caused tooth pain, and the authors noted a few cases of tooth abrasion that were likely intentional modifications intended to lessen tooth pain.
From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023
Among the caries-related parameters, root canal fillings were associated with 47, inadequate root canal fillings with 27, and caries lesions with 8 metabolic measures.
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
Combined with chloroform, thymol or carbolic acid, it is a valuable local application for neuralgia and for toothache due to dental caries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
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