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Stomatognathic Diseases > Tooth Diseases > Tooth Wear > Tooth Attrition

Preferred term

Tooth Attrition  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Attrition, Dental
  • Dental Attrition
  • Dental Attritions
  • Occlusal Wear
  • Occlusal Wears
  • Wear, Occlusal
  • Wears, Occlusal

Note

  • do not confuse with TOOTH EROSION or TOOTH ABRASION

Scope note

  • The wearing away of a tooth as a result of tooth-to-tooth contact, as in mastication, occurring only on the occlusal, incisal, and proximal surfaces. It is chiefly associated with aging. It is differentiated from TOOTH ABRASION (the pathologic wearing away of the tooth substance by friction, as brushing, bruxism, clenching, and other mechanical causes) and from TOOTH EROSION (the loss of substance caused by chemical action without bacterial action). (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p86)

History note

  • 1997; for DENTAL ATTRITION use TOOTH ABRASION 1976-1996

In other languages

  • hampaiden attritio

    Finnish

  • attritio
  • attritio dentium nimia
  • hammasattritio
  • hampaan attritio
  • hampaan mekaaninen kuluminen
  • hampaan normaali kuluminen
  • hampaiden mekaaninen kuluminen
  • hampaiden normaali kuluminen
  • nedslitning av tänderna (attrition)
  • nedslitning av tänderna UNS
  • pureskelun aiheuttama hampaan kuluminen
  • pureskelun aiheuttama hampaiden kuluminen
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön hampaiden kuluminen
  • Dental attrition

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019217

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