[Clinical study on the distribution of tooth wear of the adult population].
Tooth wear is becoming increasingly significant in the developed societies, because the etiological factors are frequently present in the daily life. The aim of this study was to assess the distribution of the tooth wear of the adult population in a private practice of dentistry.


METHODS
The group of study had 614 patients, structured on the following subgroups of age: 18- 30 years, 31-40, 41-50, 51-65 and more than 65 years old. Each patient had a clinical exam and a questionnaire for the diet and the lifestyle, spotlighting the etiology of tooth wear.


RESULTS
attrition was the most frequent (55.7%), followed by abrasion (32.7%), erosion affected 7.5% of the patients and abfractions are the least frequent (4.1%). Erosions (9.7%) and attritions (59.9%) are more frequent at the feminine gender, and abrasions (40.4%) at the masculine gender. More than half of the abfractions (56%) were found at the youth patients (18-30 years old). Erosions were found in the 31-40 years subgroup at almost 40% of the patients; in the 41-50 years subgroup, abrasion and erosion were found in equal proportions. Abrasion prevails at the 51-65 years subgroup (30.8%). 72% of the consumers of acidic fruits had dental erosions.


CONCLUSIONS
Tooth wear is under the influence of the diet and the age factor.
Disciplina de Dentistică Preventivă, Facultatea de Medicină Dentară, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi.
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Dănilă
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011331:Private Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania; D017678:Sex Distribution; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014072:Tooth Abrasion / Q000453:epidemiology; D019217:Tooth Attrition / Q000453:epidemiology; D014077:Tooth Erosion / Q000453:epidemiology; D057085:Tooth Wear / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology