[Prevalence and etiologic factors of non-carious cervical lesions. A study in a Senegalese population].
The non carious cervical lesion (NCCL) is a loss of tooth tissue at the neck of affected teeth that is unrelated to tooth decay. They are commonly encountered in clinical practice and present in a variety of forms. The purpose of this paper is to determine the prevalence of the NCCL in a Senegalese population. From 655 patients, 112 with cervical lesions were identified i.e. a global prevalence of 17.10%. The prevalence rate for abrasion was reported to be 77.70%, 12.50% for abfraction and 9.80% for erosion. Etiological factors were studied for abrasion and erosion. 54% of the patients with abrasion used their toothbrush horizontally. For erosion, only external factors were identified: consumption of acidic drinks (9 patients) or alcohol (1 patient) and professional environment (1 patient). Dentists should consider these lesions in their daily practice.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001628:Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D014072:Tooth Abrasion / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D019237:Tooth Cervix / Q000473:pathology*; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014077:Tooth Erosion / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D014099:Toothbrushing / Q000009:adverse effects