Does the word caries in FRENCH mean decay?
Published: April 25th, 2009
I'm enrolled at a Dental Assistant school and one of our terminology words is caries which was the term given by Pierre Fauchard (1678-1761) He was the Founder of Modern Dentistry.
Our class was wondering if the word caries is a french pronunciation for decay??
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Sandy
It means "cavities".
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April 25th, 2009 at 5:37 am
It means "cavities".
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April 25th, 2009 at 6:22 am
"une carie" is a cavity
"la carie dentaire" is tooth decay
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April 25th, 2009 at 7:09 am
CAVITIES
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April 25th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Probably so, in Germany it is also called "Karies", and points out to be the cavity and decay of a tooth.
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April 25th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Yes, caries are cavities which is decay.
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