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Int J Dent

. 2012;2012:287573.

doi: 10.1155/2012/287573. Epub 2012 Mar 28.

New perspectives on tooth wear

Peter W Lucas 1, Ridwaan Omar

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• 1Department of Bioclinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat 11310, Kuwait.
• PMID: 22536239
• PMCID: PMC3319999
• DOI: 10.1155/2012/287573

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Abstract

Some of the efforts that have been made to document tooth wear are reviewed here with an emphasis on nonhuman mammals, literature with which dentists may not be very familiar. We project a change in research strategy from the description of wear at various scales of measurement towards investigation of the mechanical mechanisms that actually create the texture of a worn surface. These studies should reveal exactly how tooth tissue is lost and what aspects of the structure of dental tissues affect this. The most important aspects of the interaction between the tooth surface and wear particles would appear to be particle size, particle shape, their mechanical properties with respect to those of tooth tissues, and the influence of saliva.

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