Prevalence of tooth wear on buccal and lingual surfaces and possible risk factors in young European adults

Publication date: Available online 1 September 2013 Source:Journal of Dentistry Author(s): DW. Bartlett , A. Lussi , NX. West , P. Bouchard , M. Sanz , D. Bourgeois To assess the prevalence of tooth wear on buccal/facial and lingual/palatal tooth surfaces and identify related risk factors in a sample of young European adults, aged 18-35 years. Calibrated and trained examiners measured tooth wear, using the basic erosive wear examination (BEWE) on in 3187 patients in seven European countries and assessed the impact of risk factors with a previously validated questionnaire. Each individual was characterized by the highest BEWE score recorded for any scoreable surface. Bivariate analyses examined the proportion of participants who scored 2 or 3 in relation to a range of demographic, dietary…
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