Etiopathogenetic consideration and definition of the clinical manifestation of erosive dental defects

Abstract

Dental defects of erosive nature are defined as irreversible losses of dental tissue, caused by long lasting and repeated action of acids that dissolve top layer of hydroxyapatite and fluorideapatites crystal structure, under assumption that aggressive factor is not of bacterial nature. Acids that cause changes on teeth according to their origin are gastric, dietetic, or they are of environmental origin. Current way of life, as well as nutritional habits create potentially dangerous conditions for the hard dental tissue, for prevention of mineralization process causes defects of oral system homeostasis. Defects occur on primary teeth, as well as on permanent teeth. However, this happens once and a half time more frequently on primary teeth due to the weaker primary maturation. In initial phases, changes are localized in enamel and by their development the bottom locates in dentine. Defects appear as smooth, shiny, round concavities on caries immune positions, or as cupping of occlusal surfaces. The depth of an eroded lesion consists of the depth of the crater plus the depth of tissue demineralization at the base of the lesion. Early verification of the etiological factor, together with good knowledge of the manifested shape change has influence to the prevention of the crown of tooth loss, complete occlusion, mastication and speech.

Keywords

• dental erosions
• diagnosis
• etiology
• pathogenesis