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Dental Caries

Definition: Dental Caries

Dental Caries

Noun

1. Soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Specialty Definitions: Dental Caries

Domain	Definitions
Health	Localized destruction of the tooth surface initiated by decalcification of the enamel followed by enzymatic lysis of organic structures and leading to cavity formation. If left unchecked, the cavity may penetrate the enamel and dentin and reach the pulp. The three most prominent theories used to explain the etiology of the disase are that acids produced by bacteria lead to decalcification; that micro-organisms destroy the enamel protein; or that keratolytic micro-organisms produce chelates that lead to decalcification. (references)
Medicine	The process of invasion of the calcified tissues of a tooth by micro-organisms, producing softening and disintegration. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Dental Caries

Synonyms: caries (n), cavity (n), tooth decay (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Dental Caries

English words defined with "dental caries": bacterial plaque ♦ dental plaque. (references)

Specialty definitions using "dental caries": Acidulated Phosphate Fluoride ♦ Cariogenic Agents ♦ Dental Fissures ♦ Fluorides, Topical ♦ Pit and Fissure Sealants ♦ Root Caries ♦ Streptococcus sobrinus ♦ Tin Fluorides, Tooth Demineralization. (references)

Commercial Usage: Dental Caries

Domain	Title
Books	Dietary chemicals vs. dental caries; based on a Symposium on Dietary Chemicals in Relation to Dental Caries, sponsored by the Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division at the 1966 winter meeting of the American Chemical Society, Phoenix, Arizona, January 1 (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Dental Caries

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Thioglycollate broth culture. Morphology is rod-like with chains when cultured on broth. Can cause subacute bacterial endocarditis and dental caries. Streptococci.Credit: CDC.		Thioglycollate culture. Morphology is rod-like with chains when cultured on broth. Can cause subacute bacterial endocarditis and dental caries. Streptococci.Credit: CDC.
	Blood agar plate culture yields coccal-like morphology without chains. The S. mutans organism can cause subacute bacterial endocarditis and dental caries. Streptococci.Credit: CDC.		Demonstration of the infectious nature of dental caries ...Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Animals housed in germfree tanks were used to clarify the dental caries process.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Dental Caries

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Nevertheless, dental caries remains a significant problem. (references)
		Recent decades have seen a remarkable decline in dental caries in the United States. (references)
		The existence of children with no dental caries, a rarity in the past, is no longer unusual. (references)
Business		Due to the decline in the incidence of dental caries, demand for dental services that correspond to these problems has declined. (references)
		During the 1960s and 1970s, when the incidence of dental caries in Australia was high, many dentistry graduates from overseas countries were permitted to register to practice in Australia. (references)
		While the growth of the sector was especially strong during the 1960s, due to the high incidence of dental caries, it has slowed since the 1980s, due to improvements in oral health, and the move to preventive care. This, in turn, has moderated demand for dental equipment and supplies. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dental Caries

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
dental caries	111
dental caries picture	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: Dental Caries

Language		Translations for "dental caries"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		齲 (decayed teeth). (various references)

Czech		zubní kaz (caries, tooth decay). (various references)

Danish		tandkaries, caries dentium (carie, dental carie). (various references)

French		carie dentaire (carious defect, dental carie). (various references)

German		Zahnverfall, Zahnkaries, Zahnfraß, Zahnfäule (caries), Caries dentium. (various references)

Italian		carie dentaria (carie, dental carie). (various references)

Manx		loauid feeackle. (various references)

Pig Latin		entalday ariescay

Spanish		caries dental (carious defect). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Dental Caries

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-i-l-n-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: ascertained, centralised, credentials, deracinates.
	-2 letters: cartelised, catenaries, centralise, credential, decaliters, declarants, deracinate, desalinate, discarnate, eradicates, interlaced, interlaces, linecaster, tailenders.
	-3 letters: acierated, acierates, alienated, alienates, analcites, ancestral, anelastic, ardencies, arsenical, ascertain, cadential, calendars, calenders, canalised, cardinals, carinated, cartelise, caseinate, centiares, cisternae, cisternal, clarinets, craniates, creatines, datelines, decaliter, decanters, declarant, decliners, decretals, delicates, denticles, derelicts.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-i-l-n-r-s-t"
	+3 letters: adrenalectomies, straitlacedness.
	+5 letters: compartmentalised, decentralizations, denuclearizations, dictatorialnesses, ineradicabilities, microencapsulated, quadricentennials, straitlacednesses, transcendentalism, transcendentalist.
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Alternative Orthography: Dental Caries

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 65 6E 74 61 6C 43 61 72 69 65 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000011 01100001 01110010 01101001 01100101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#67 &#97 &#114 &#105 &#101 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 006E 0074 0061 006C 0043 0061 0072 0069 0065 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3871808667782376784757185

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial

5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern

9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography

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