ALVES, Maria do Socorro Coelho; LUCENA, Sílvia Carneiro de; ARAUJO, Stephanie Gomes    CARVALHO, Andréa Lúcia Almeida de. Clinical diagnosis and treatment protocol of non-physiological tooth wear in contemporary society. Odontol. Clín.-Cient. (Online) []. 2012, 11, 3, pp. 247-251. ISSN 1677-3888.

The human teeth are subject to wear a physiological constant throughout the life of the individual. However, this wear can be enhanced by extrinsic factors and / or intrinsic, being the result of three processes: abrasion (wear produced by interaction between teeth and other materials), attrition (wear through tooth to tooth contact) and erosion ( dissolution of hard tissue by acidic substances). An additional process, abfraction may promote wear. The clinical and experimental observations show that the individual wear mechanisms rarely act alone but interact with one another. This interaction, apparently, is the major factor in occlusal and cervical wear. Depending on the nature of this phenomenon, such injuries can have catastrophic consequences for oral health. Tissue loss can result in sensitivity, pulp necrosis, pain, loss of vertical. This study aims to guide the dentist to establish differential diagnosis between physiological and abnormal wear clarifying the boundary between them. Still, identifying its etiology and clinical management propose preventive and curative. We presented a clinical case with erosion lesions identified by index bewe (Basic Erosive Wear Examination).

: Tooth Wear; Tooth e Erosion; Oral Health..