Early detection of dental caries is essential for effective treatment. The refore, deep learning methods have achieved extraordinary radiological diagnostic efficiency. This research seeks to effectively employ the DCariesNet based deep learning approach for dental caries segmentation. The DCariesNet is utilized for identifyng dental caries-affected regions in X-ray images. The three main steps of the newly proposed DCariesNet are "(a) Pre-processing, (b) Feature Extraction, and (c) Dental caries Segmentation." The acquired dental X-ray images are first pre-processed using Partition Supported Median, Interpolation, and Discrete Wavelet Transform (NRPMID), morphological operations (dilation, erosion, opening, and closure), and histogram equalization. The three-fold features, like Local Binary Pattern (LBP), Local Discriminative Pattern (LDP), and Local Optimal-Oriented Pattern (LOOP) are extracted from the preprocessed images. To train the segmentation framework, these retrieved characteristics are combined. A novel, improved U-NET-based CNN architecture is used to mimic the dental caries segmentation phase. A novel Aquila Explored Crow search Optimizer (CrAqOA) is used to optimize the weight function of U-NET. The standard Aquila Optimizer (AO) and standard Crow Search Optimization (CSA) concepts are blended to create the CrAqOA model. The segmented result (i.e. caries affected area) is the end outcome of the optimized U-NET. The proposed model assists in the early diagnosis of dental cavities with enhanced accuracy. Finally, to confirm the effectiveness of the anticipated model, a comparison evaluation is conducted.