# Zahnkaries in English: dental caries – dental dictionary

> "Zahnkaries" in English: dental caries. Restorative dentistry; with spelling variants, synonyms and the sources behind each entry.

Source: https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english/zahnkaries  
Last updated: 2026-10-17T18:26:30Z  
German version: https://hajto.de/zahnmedizin-woerterbuch/zahnkaries.md

**Zahnkaries** = **dental caries**

- **English (US):** dental caries
- **Synonyms (German):** Zahnfäule
- **Category:** Restorative dentistry

## Sources confirming this pair

- MeSH 2026 (NLM) and German MeSH 2026 (ZB MED) (D003731 · Dental Caries / Zahnkaries): [meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D003731](https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D003731)
- Wikipedia: German and English article on the same concept (language link via Wikidata): [de.wikipedia.org: Zahnkaries](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahnkaries), [en.wikipedia.org: Tooth decay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_decay), [Wikidata Q133772](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133772)
- ICD-10-GM 2026 (BfArM) and ICD-10 (WHO), same code (K02): [icd.who.int/browse10/2019/en#/K02](https://icd.who.int/browse10/2019/en#/K02)

[German–English dental dictionary](https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english.md) · Deutscher MeSH 2026, ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de); English MeSH courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.