caries
- n soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
- Said he: "The amount of caries decay is less in mottled enamel areas than in normal areas.
- This is Gyro Captain (Bruce Spence), a deranged parody of the World War I aerial ace: scarecrow skinny, gaily clad, sporting a James Coburn smile with advanced caries.
- When they warn children against sweets, doctors and dentists act on an old hunch that there is some relationship between diet and dental caries (tooth decay).