虫牙

Traditional form:

蟲牙

Pinyin (reading):

chóngyá

Definitions:

• caries
• rotten tooth (colloquial)
• see also 齲齒／龋齿 (qǔchǐ)

Characters:

• 虫 - insect, worm; mollusk
• 牙 - tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated

Traditional characters:

• 蟲 - insect, worm; mollusk
• 牙 - tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated