caries

Caries of the teeth has been shown to bear highly important relation to more remote or systemic diseases.

The existence of caries in a molar tooth may be ascertained by examining the mouth in the manner already described.

There are two forms of disease to which these teeth are liable; caries, or decay, and a loss of vitality, or death.

In the best known species, Tilletia caries, they constitute the “bunt” of wheat.