Review article
Noncarious Destructive Lesions of Dental Hard Tissue
Jozo Šutalo
; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Zrinka Tarle
; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Loss of tooth tissue occurs in a number of ways, dental caries and trauma being the more obvious ones, although tooth wear in its own right is assuming greater importance. Non-carious destructive processes affecting the teeth, including abrasion, attrition, abfraction and erosion, are presented. According to current knowledge, non-carious destructive processes appear on the dental surfaces free o f plaque. They are non-carious destructive lesions and have multifactorial etiology. The acids producing tooth destruction may be exogenous, endogenous or unknown origin.
Keywords
noncarious destructive lesions; dental hard tissue
Hrčak ID:
99357
URI
Publication date:
15.3.1997.
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