caries
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Of the adults' teeth, 13% were affected by caries -- often at the roots.
From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2023
In the prospective analyses, caries was associated with 30 and bleeding on probing with 8 metabolites.
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
Cavities, or caries, are the most common chronic disease in kids – five times more common than asthma and seven times more common than environmental allergies, despite being preventable.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2022
Fluorine was put into drinking water to prevent caries.
From The Hate Disease by Leinster, Murray