output of formed as result of carious tooth lesion is caries a material entity or a quality? Titus Schleyer Titus Schleyer 1/14/2014: updated definition A tooth disorder that affects a tooth that includes both the infectious organisms, the material they generate from the tooth, any immune effectors that are a response to the presence of the disorder and the physical changes to the tooth (i.e., demineralization or a cavity) resulting from the disorder. It is the physical basis for the disease "dental caries." tooth disorder bacterial tooth demineralization process