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Abstract
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)
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- Abrasion, Dental
- Dental Abrasion
- Abrasion, Tooth
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with TOOTH ATTRITION or TOOTH EROSION
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1965
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WU 246
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Tooth Abrasion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014072. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014072
- Tooth Abrasion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_abrasion
- Tooth Abrasion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331181