'caries' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a noun that is used to refer to tooth decay or a cavity. For example, "The dentist said that I have several cavities, also known as caries."
And there is some truth behind the awful stereotype: the factory workers of Britain's Industrial Revolution were fed on sugar from the colonies, and led the known world in dental caries.
Today, domesticated strains of the house mouse, European rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, gerbil, and other species provide much-needed laboratory subjects for the study of human-related physiology, psychology, and a variety of diseases from dental caries to cancer.
Epidemiological studies in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s revealed an inverse relationship between the natural fluoride content of waters and the rate of dental caries.
Streptococcus mutans, which causes dental caries, splits the sucrose in food and uses one of the sugars to build its capsule, which sticks tightly to the tooth.
Regular brushing and flossing of the teeth and gums, as well as rinsing the mouth after meals and snacks, are important measures that protect against periodontal (gum) disease as well as dental caries.
Water with approximately one part per million of fluoride protects against dental caries without causing the mottling of teeth that can occur at higher levels.
They are also used as a carbohydrate replacement for persons with diabetes and in chewing gum and candies to prevent dental caries (i.e., tooth decay).
Under certain conditions, lactic-acid bacteria may contribute to dental caries and infective endocarditis.
Infection by Tilletia tritici (formerly T. caries) or T. laevis (formerly T. foetida) causes normal kernels to be replaced by smut "balls" containing powdery masses of brownish black spores characterized by a dead-fish odour.
August 15, 1855 Cary, North Carolina December 21 , 1918Pinehurst, North Carolina Walter Hines Page, (born Aug. 15, 1855, Cary, N.C., U.S. died Dec. 21, 1918, Pinehurst, N.C).
Panellist Cary Cooper, distinguished professor of organisational psychology and health at Lancaster University Management School, wondered why the sector was not tapping into potential talent at an earlier stage.
