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Dental attrition, the Glossary

Dental attrition is a type of tooth wear caused by tooth-to-tooth contact, resulting in loss of tooth tissue, usually starting at the incisal or occlusal surfaces.^[1]

10 relations: Abfraction, Bruxism, Dentin, Dentin hypersensitivity, Erosion, Glossary of dentistry, Occlusal trauma, Occlusion (dentistry), Tooth decay, Tooth wear.
Acquired tooth pathology

Abfraction

Abfraction is a theoretical concept explaining a loss of tooth structure not caused by tooth decay (non-carious cervical lesions). Dental attrition and Abfraction are Acquired tooth pathology.

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Bruxism

Bruxism is excessive teeth grinding or jaw clenching.

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Dentin

Dentin (American English) or dentine (British English) (substantia eburnea) is a calcified tissue of the body and, along with enamel, cementum, and pulp, is one of the four major components of teeth.

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Dentin hypersensitivity (DH, DHS) is dental pain which is sharp in character and of short duration, arising from exposed dentin surfaces in response to stimuli, typically thermal, evaporative, tactile, osmotic, chemical or electrical; and which cannot be ascribed to any other dental disease.

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Erosion

Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.

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Glossary of dentistry

This is a list of definitions of commonly used terms of location and direction in dentistry.

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Occlusal trauma

Occlusal trauma is the damage to teeth when an excessive force is acted upon them and they do not align properly.

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Occlusion (dentistry)

Occlusion, in a dental context, means simply the contact between teeth.

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Tooth decay

Tooth decay, also known as cavities or caries,The word 'caries' is a mass noun, and is not a plural of 'carie'. is the breakdown of teeth due to acids produced by bacteria.

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