dental caries

deformation of teeth made by acids from bacteria
MedicalCondition class_of_disease Q133772
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dental caries

Summary

dental caries is a class of disease[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • dental caries's instance of is recorded as class of disease[3].
  • dental caries is a type of teeth hard tissue disease[4].
  • dental caries is a type of caries[5].
  • dental caries's Commons category is recorded as Dental caries[6].
  • dental caries's said to be the same as is recorded as caries[7].
  • dental caries's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as D82[8].
  • dental caries's afflicts is recorded as tooth enamel[9].
  • dental caries's afflicts is recorded as dentin[10].
  • dental caries's has cause is recorded as sugar[11].
  • dental caries's has cause is recorded as Lactobacillus[12].
  • dental caries's has cause is recorded as Streptococcus mutans[13].
  • dental caries's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tooth decay[14].
  • dental caries's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[15].
  • dental caries's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[16].
  • dental caries's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 521.0[17].
  • dental caries's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 521.07[18].
  • dental caries's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 521.00[19].
  • dental caries's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 521.06[20].
  • dental caries's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C52593[21].
  • dental caries's health specialty is recorded as dentistry[22].
  • dental caries's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as aluminum chloride hexahydrate[23].
  • dental caries's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as sodium fluoride[24].
  • dental caries's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as tin(II) fluoride[25].
  • dental caries's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as Amine Fluoride[26].
  • dental caries's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as caries vaccine[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for dental caries include Karius and Bactus[28], a written work[29], written by Thorbjørn Egner[30].

Why It Matters

dental caries has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include Karius and Bactus[28], a written work[29], written by Thorbjørn Egner[30].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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