The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DECAY , but the solution may also be TOOTHDECAY which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Dental problem crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DECAY | 29 % | 5 |
| GAP | 29 % | 3 |
| OVERBITE | 10 % | 8 |
| CARIES | 10 % | 6 |
| ABSCESS | 5 % | 7 |
| TOOTHDECAY | 5 % | 10 |
| TARTAR | 5 % | 6 |
| IMPACTION | 5 % | 9 |
| TOOTHDK | 5 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dental problem
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cavity
- tooth decay
- periodontal
- abrasion
- impacted
- calculus
- precarious
- endodontic
- odontogenic
- attrition
- drive down
- occlusal
Crossword Answer definitions
DECAY noun- The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
- A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.
- To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
- (of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
- (of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.
- (of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
- Loss of airspeed due to drag.
- To cause to rot or deteriorate.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DECAY
- Fall into ruin
- Go bad
- Urban ___
- Dentist's concern
- Rot
- Dental problem
- Dental concern
- Break down
- Dental woe
- Crumble away
More clues leading to the result GAP
- Hiatus
- Letterman dental feature
- Opening
- Cumberland, e.g.
- Discontinuity
- Letterman's dental feature
- Space in the record, say
- ___ Kids
- Forever 21 rival
- Generation split
More clues leading to the result OVERBITE
- Orthodontist's concern
- Orthodontist's diagnosis
- Dental feature
- Orthodontic issue
- Orthodontic concern
- Dental problem
- Job for an orthodontist
- Orthodontist's diagnosis, sometimes
- Orthodontist's challenge
More clues leading to the result CARIES
- Tooth decay
- What dentists call tooth decay
- Dental problem
- Dental decay.
- What fluoride prevents.
- Dental concerns
- Tooth problem
- Teeth trouble
- Molar maladies
More clues leading to the result ABSCESS
- Dental affliction
- Wound result, often
- Dentist's find
- Quinsy symptom
- Ear ailment.
- Trouble for a tooth
- Inflammation
- Sore spot
- Certain infection
- Swollen area
More clues leading to the result TOOTHDECAY
- Condition contributed to by a lack of [circled letters]
- Dental problem
- Dental problem (illustrated by this puzzle's long Across answers)
More clues leading to the result TARTAR
- Sauce with fish
- Savage one
- Dentists remove it
- Unwanted oral buildup
- Sauce with sole
- Dental buildup
- Kind of control
- Dentist's concern
- Dental plaque
- Dental deposit