Editing Tooth decay (section)

===Etymology and usage===

Naturalized from Latin into English (a [[loanword]]), ''caries'' in its English form originated as a [[mass noun]] that means 'rottenness',<ref name=Taber2013/><ref>{{Citation |author=Elsevier |title=Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary |url=http://www.dorlands.com/ |postscript=. |access-date=2015-01-01 |archive-date=2014-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111192614/http://dorlands.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> that is, 'decay'. The word is an [[uncountable noun]].

''Cariesology''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sdvint.com/o-zhurnale/?lang=en |title=Dentistry for All / International Dental Review&nbsp;– General Info |quote=...Head of Cariesology and Endodontics Department... |access-date=2019-09-26 |archive-date=2019-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026182441/http://sdvint.com/o-zhurnale/?lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mu-varna.bg/EN/AboutUs/Dentistry |title=The Faculty of Dental Medicine |access-date=2019-09-26 |archive-date=2019-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926120256/http://mu-varna.bg/EN/AboutUs/Dentistry |url-status=live }}</ref> or ''cariology''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/cariology |title="Cariology" entry |publisher=thefreedictionary.com |access-date=2019-09-26 |archive-date=2019-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926120253/https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/cariology |url-status=live }}</ref> is the study of dental caries.