dental caries dental care • dental consonant · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · dental caries · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 13 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth. Synonyms: cavity, caries, dental caries, tooth decay. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · cavity · · Synonym 1 caries · · Synonym 2 tooth decay · · Synonym 3 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074