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MeSH Heading: Tooth Attrition
Tree Number(s): C07.793.818.249
Unique ID: D019217
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019217
Annotation: do not confuse with TOOTH EROSION or TOOTH ABRASION
Scope Note: The wearing away of a tooth as a result of tooth-to-tooth contact, as in mastication, occurring only on the occlusal, incisal, and proximal surfaces. It is chiefly associated with aging. It is differentiated from TOOTH ABRASION (the pathologic wearing away of the tooth substance by friction, as brushing, bruxism, clenching, and other mechanical causes) and from TOOTH EROSION (the loss of substance caused by chemical action without bacterial action). (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p86)
Entry Term(s): Attrition, Dental; Dental Attrition; Occlusal Wear
Previous Indexing: Tooth Abrasion (1966-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 1997; for DENTAL ATTRITION see TOOTH ABRASION 1976-1996
History Note: 1997; for DENTAL ATTRITION use TOOTH ABRASION 1976-1996
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2009/07/06

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0028623
Scope Note: The wearing away of a tooth as a result of tooth-to-tooth contact, as in mastication, occurring only on the occlusal, incisal, and proximal surfaces. It is chiefly associated with aging. It is differentiated from TOOTH ABRASION (the pathologic wearing away of the tooth substance by friction, as brushing, bruxism, clenching, and other mechanical causes) and from TOOTH EROSION (the loss of substance caused by chemical action without bacterial action). (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p86)
Terms: Tooth Attrition Preferred Term
Term UI T057249
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Attrition, Dental
Term UI T057247
Date09/20/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Dental Attrition
Term UI T057248
Date09/20/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Occlusal Wear
Term UI T748791
Date04/06/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010)

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