Tooth Decay

Definition: Tooth Decay

Tooth Decay

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.
 

Synonyms: Tooth Decay

Crosswords: Tooth Decay

References

• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Tooth Decay (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Hello Reader: Make Your Way For Tooth Decay (Level 3) (reference)

• How You Can Prevent Tooth Decay (reference)

• Make Way for Tooth Decay (reference)

• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Tooth Decay (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Give Your Child A Healthy Smile : Prevent Baby Bottle Tooth Decay. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

7 Out Of 10 Navajo Children Have Baby Bottle Tooth Decay! : This Is Preventable!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Fluoride: : Guardian Against Tooth Decay. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

STOP Baby Bottle Tooth Decay. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Stay away from sugary snacks because they can promote tooth decay. (references)

Dry mouth can cause soreness, ulcers, infections, and tooth decay. (references)

Sealants and fluoride together can prevent almost all tooth decay. (references)

Business

As stated above, however, there is much less tooth decay in the Australian population today. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Czech

zubní kaz (caries, dental caries). (various references)

French

carie. (various references)

Greek 

τερηδόνα (caries, dental decay). (various references)

Hebrew 

עששת (caries). (various references)

Italian

carie (caries, decay). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

虫歯 (caries, cavity, decayed tooth), 齲蝕 , 齲歯 (caries, cavity, decayed tooth), 齲 (caries, cavity, decayed tooth). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

うしょく, うし (caries, cattle, cavity, cow, decayed tooth, second sign of Chinese zodiac), むしば (caries, cavity, decayed tooth). (various references)

Pig Latin

oothtay ecayday

Spanish

caries (caries, cavities, decay). (various references)

Turkish

diş çürüğü, çürük (bad, bruise, carious, cavity, contusion, decay, decayed, dicky, draft-exempt, dry rot, feeble, flimsy, putrefacient, putrefactive, putrid, rickety, rocky, rotten, sleazy, unsound, wonky). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: cathode, chatted, chayote, ootheca, toothed, yachted.

-4 letters: cahoot, catted, chatty, coated, cohead, cottae, coyote, deathy, detach, hatted, hooted, hotted, oocyte, tetchy, tooted, toothy, tythed.

-5 letters: ached, achoo, acted, cadet, catty, cheat, chott, cooed, cooey, coted, cotta, coyed, datto, death, decay, decoy, doeth, dotty, hated, hayed, heady, hoody, hooey, hooty, octad, octet, oohed, tacet.

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