adjective

• (of bones or teeth) decayed.

  ‘Treatment includes an oral examination, cleaning, topical fluoride application, restoration of carious teeth, pulp therapy, and, when necessary, tooth extraction.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Practitioners were skilled in restoring carious teeth with gold and replacing missing teeth with false ones.’
  • ‘Discoloration of a single tooth is usually because the tooth is non-vital, heavily filled, or carious.’
  • ‘Regular dental examinations with early treatment of carious lesions can substantially reduce the risk of serious complications.’
  • ‘Treatment involves removal of the carious tissue and placement of a dental restoration, or filling.’

  Synonyms

  decaying, decayed, crumbling, carious, black