Practical Procedures in the Management of Tooth Wear

Foreword ix
 
Acknowledgement xi
 
About the Companion Website xiii
 
1 Introduction and the Prevalence of Tooth Wear 1
 
1.1 Introduction 1
 
1.2 Physiological Wear and Pathological Wear: The Concept of Severe Tooth Wear 2
 
1.3 The Prevalence of TW 4
 
1.4 An Overview of the Challenges Associated with TW 6
 
1.5 Conclusion 7
 
References 9
 
2 The Aetiology and Presentation of Tooth Wear 11
 
2.1 Introduction 11
 
2.2 Intrinsic Mechanical Wear 12
 
2.3 Extrinsic Mechanical Wear 13
 
2.4 Non-carious Cervical Lesions 14
 
2.5 Chemical Wear 15
 
2.6 Cofactors 20
 
2.7 Conclusion 20
 
References 23
 
Further Reading 24
 
3 The Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis of the Wear Patient 25
 
3.1 Introduction 25
 
3.2 The Initial Assessment: The Presenting Complaint and the History of the Presenting Complaint 26
 
3.3 Medical History 27
 
3.4 Dental and Socio-behavioural History 29
 
3.5 Patient Examination 30
 
3.6 Special Tests 42
 
3.7 Summary 43
 
3.8 Conclusion 43
 
References 48
 
Further Reading 49
 
4 The Diagnosis of Tooth Wear, Including the Use of Common Clinical Indices 51
 
4.1 Introduction 51
 
4.2 The Use of Descriptive Means to Qualify and Quantify Tooth Wear 53
 
4.3 The Use of Clinical Indices for the Diagnosis of TW 57
 
4.4 Conclusion 61
 
References 65
 
5 Clinical Occlusion in Relation to Tooth Wear 67
 
5.1 Introduction 67
 
5.2 The Concept of the Ideal Occlusion 67
 
5.3 The Fabrication of Appropriate Study Casts and Records to Enable Occlusal Analysis 70
 
5.4 How and When to Take the Conformative Approach to Restorative Rehabilitation 80
 
5.5 How and When to Adopt a Reorganised Approach 82
 
5.6 The Placement of Dental Restorations in Supra-occlusion:

Subir Banerji, BDS, MClinDent(Prostho), PhD, MFGDP(UK), FDS RCPS(Glasg), FICOI, FICD FIADFE is a Dental Practitioner, Programme Director MSc Aesthetic Dentistry and a Senior Clinical Lecturer at King's College London, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, Private Practice, London, UK.
 
Shamir Mehta, BDS, BSc, MClinDent(Prosth), FFGDP(UK), FDS RCPS (Glasg), FDS RCS (Eng), FICD is a Dental Practitioner, Senior Clinical Lecturer at King's College London, Faculty of Oral & Craniofacial Sciences/Deputy Programme Director MSc Aesthetic Dentistry, Private Practice Middlesex, London, UK; Researcher at Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Dentistry, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
 
Niek Opdam, DDS, PhD is an Associate Professor at Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Dentistry, Nijmegen; Dental Practitioner in Adhesive Dentistry, Tandzorg Ulft, The Netherlands.
 
Bas Loomans, DDS, PhD is a Dental Practitioner, Assistant Professor at Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Dentistry, Nijmegen; Dental Practitioner in Mondzorg Oost, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.