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Abstract
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)
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- Attrition, Dental
- Dental Attrition
- Occlusal Wear
- Attrition, Tooth
- Dental Attritions
- Occlusal Wears
- Wear, Occlusal
- Wears, Occlusal
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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 EROSION or TOOTH ABRASION
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History Note
1997; for DENTAL ATTRITION use TOOTH ABRASION 1976-1996
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- Tooth Abrasion (1966-1996)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Tooth Attrition. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019217. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019217
- Tooth Attrition. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_attrition
- Tooth Attrition. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684868