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Stomatognathic Diseases > Tooth Diseases > Tooth Wear > Tooth Abrasion

Preferred term

Tooth Abrasion  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Abrasion, Dental
  • Dental Abrasion

Note

  • do not confuse with TOOTH ATTRITION or TOOTH EROSION

Scope note

  • The pathologic wearing away of the tooth substance by brushing, bruxism, clenching, and other mechanical causes. It is differentiated from TOOTH ATTRITION in that this type of wearing away is the result of tooth-to-tooth contact, as in mastication, occurring only on the occlusal, incisal, and proximal surfaces. It differs also from TOOTH EROSION, the progressive loss of the hard substance of a tooth by chemical processes not involving bacterial action. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p2)

History note

  • 1965

In other languages

  • hampaiden abraasio

    Finnish

  • abrasio
  • abrasio dentium
  • abrasion av tänderna
  • abrasion av tänderna UNS
  • hammasabraasio
  • hampaan abraasio
  • hampaan kovakudoksen normaalia suurempi kuluminen
  • hampaan kuluminen
  • hampaan kuluminen hankautumalla
  • hampaan mekaaninen kuluminen
  • hampaiden kuluminen
  • hampaiden kuluminen hankautumalla
  • hampaiden mekaaninen kuluminen
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön hampaiden abraasio
  • Tandnedslitning

    Swedish

  • Tandslitage

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014072

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