ReviewMedical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre2015
The wear and tear of teeth.
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- Brawn before bite in endemic Asian eutherian mammals after the end-Cretaceous extinction.eLife · 2026Article
- AI-assisted age estimation from occlusal tooth wear using biofluorescence imaging.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Hunter-Schreger Bands: Clinical Implications and Future Directions, Scoping Review.International journal of dentistry · 2025Review
- Intraoral scanner-based monitoring of tooth wear in young adults: 36-month results.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
- Relationship between tooth macrowear and jaw morphofunctional traits in representative hypercarnivores.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Minimally invasive CAD/CAM lithium disilicate partial-coverage restorations show superior in-vitro fatigue performance than single crowns.Journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry : official publication of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry ... [et al.] · 2024Article
- Three-dimensional microscopic comparison of wear behavior between immature and mature enamel: an in vitro study.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- The Design, Development, and Calibration of Cervical Abrasion Index of Treatment Needs Probe for Measurement of Cervical Abrasion.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2022Article
- Experimental approaches to assess the effect of composition of abrasives in the cause of dental microwear.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Shape, size, and quantity of ingested external abrasives influence dental microwear texture formation in guinea pigs.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- Dentin Tubule Occlusion Potential of Novel Dentifrices Having Fluoride Containing Bioactive Glass and Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2020Article
- Cup-Shaped Tooth Wear Defects: More than Erosive Challenges?Caries research · 2019Article
- Enamel Microcracks Induced by Simulated Occlusal Wear in Mature, Immature, and Deciduous Teeth.BioMed research international · 2018Article
- Dental abrasion as a cutting process.Interface focus · 2016Article
- Morphological Symmetry of Maxillary Anterior Teeth before and after Prosthodontic Planning: Comparison between Conventional and Digital Diagnostic Wax-Ups.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2016Article
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Abstract
A review is presented of the mechanical damage suffered by tooth crowns. This has been the subject of much recent research, resulting in a need to revise some of the thinking about the mechanisms involved. Damage is classified here by scale into macro-, meso- and microfracture. The focus is on the outer enamel coat because this is the contact tissue and where most fractures start. Enamel properties appear to be tailored to maximize hardness, but also to prevent fracture. The latter is achieved by the deployment of developmental flaws called enamel tufts. Macrofractures usually appear to initiate as extensions of tufts on the undersurface of the enamel adjacent to the enamel-dentine junction and extend from there into the enamel. Cracks that pass from the tooth surface tend to be deflected by an enamel region of high toughness; if they find the surface again, a chip (mesofracture) is produced. The real protection of the enamel-dentine junction here is the layer of decussating inner enamel. Finally, a novel analysis of mechanical wear (microfracture) suggests that the local toughness of the enamel is very important to its ability to resist tissue loss. Enamel and dentine have contrasting behaviours. Seen on a large scale, dentine is isotropic (behaving similarly in all directions) while enamel is anisotropic, but vice versa on a very small scale. These patterns have implications for anyone studying the fracture behaviour of teeth.
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