Tooth decay (disambiguation)
Caries (from Latin caries , 'rot', 'rot') stands for
- Dental caries , in dentistry, the acute or chronic decay of the hard substance of the teeth
- Bone caries (also called bone damage), in orthopedics an inflammatory disease of the bones with destruction of bone tissue, especially in the case of bone tuberculosis
Tooth decay is also
- a spelling of the place Karyes , capital of the autonomous monastic area of Athos
- the family name of the builder Nikolaus Karies (fl. 1558–1587)
See also:
Wiktionary: Karies - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations