Authors: JOHANSSON, A.¹; JOHANSSON, A.-K.²; OMAR, R.³; CARLSSON, G. E.⁴

Source: Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, Volume 35, Number 7, July 2008 , pp. 548-566(19)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

Summary 

The purpose of this review was to evaluate the literature on the rehabilitation of tooth wear, with some pertinent historical, epidemiological and aetiological aspects of tooth wear provided as background information. In historical skull material, extensive tooth wear, assumed to be the result of coarser diets, was found even in relatively young individuals. Such wear is seldom seen in current populations. Although many of the factors associated with extensive tooth wear in historical material are no longer present or prevalent, new risk factors have emerged. In the young individual, the literature points to a global rise in soft drink consumption as the most significant factor in the development of tooth wear through dental erosion. Among older individuals, lifestyle changes and chronic diseases that are controlled with medications that may, in turn, result in regurgitation and/or dry mouth, are possible reasons amongst others for the widespread clinical impression of an increasing prevalence of tooth wear. The aetiology of tooth wear is multifactorial and the role of bruxism is not known. Clinical controlled trials of restorative and prosthodontic approaches for the range of clinical conditions that wear can give rise to, are limited in number and quality. Equally, the striking lack of evidence regarding the long-term outcomes of treatment methods and materials calls for caution in clinical decision-making. Notwithstanding these observations, clinicians have provided and continue to provide rehabilitative strategies for managing their patients' worn dentitions that range traditionally from extensive prosthodontics to an increasing reliance on adhesive techniques.

Keywords: bruxism; dental care; dental materials; prosthetic dentistry; tooth abrasion; tooth attrition; tooth erosion

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2842.2008.01897.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Clinical Dentistry - Prosthodontics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen 2: Department of Clinical Dentistry - Cariology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Norway 3: Department of Restorative Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, Kuwait 4: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Publication date: 2008-07-01

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