Dental Erosion and Its Clinical Management

Science : Prevalence, Incidence and Distribution of Dental Erosion.- The Dental Erosion Process.- Causes of Dental Erosion: Intrinsic Causes.- Causes of Dental Erosion: Extrinsic Causes.- Clinical Practice : Diagnosis of Dental Erosion.- Assessment and Monitoring of Dental Erosion.- Dental Erosive Wear Risk Assessment.- Prevention and Control of Dental Erosion: Patient Self-Care.-Prevention and Control of Dental Erosion: Professional Clinical Care.- Prevention and Control of Dental Erosion: Dietary Management.- Prevention and Control of Dental Erosion: Psychological Management.- Prevention and Control of Dental Erosion: Gastroesophagel Reflux Disease Management.- Restoration of the Worn Dentition.- Non-Carious Cervical Lesions: Etiology, Prevalence and Management.- Dentin Hypersensitivity: Etiology, Prevalence and Management.- Patient Recall, Reassessment and Monitoring.

Ben Amaechi is Associate Professor and Director of Cariology in the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Amaechi began his career as a dentist with specialist training in prosthetic dentistry and dental implantology at Guy's Hospital, London, UK, where he obtained a Master's degree, and he later gained a PhD in Cariology at the University of Liverpool School of Dentistry. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Dentistry International, and a member of the American Dental Association Technical Advisory Group (TAG 106- Dentistry) on dental equipment (TAG 6) and oral hygiene products (TAG 7). He therefore serves as US expert representative on these two areas at the International Standard Organization (ISO). Dr. Amaechi has been invited as guest speaker/lecturer in caries management at local, national, and international levels. His research expertise is on dental caries and dental erosion, with particular interest in development, evaluation, and clinical trials of anticaries agents and caries diagnostics. Dr. Amaechi serves on several professional and scientific committees/task forces at institutional, national, and international level and was an elected member of the Advisory Board of the European Organization for Caries Research from 2005 to 2008.