Dental erosion in schoolchildren and associated factors: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Juliana Beckman Frazao,
Leticia Goncalves Machado,
Meire Coelho Ferreira
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/jisppd.jisppd_1041_17
Subject(s) - cross sectional study , descriptive statistics , medicine , dentistry , statistical significance , exact test , test (biology) , physical examination , demography , sample size determination , environmental health , chi square test , family medicine , mathematics , surgery , paleontology , statistics , pathology , sociology , biology
Throughout life, the teeth are exposed to different types of wear, including dental erosion, which is characterized by the loss of surface-mineralized tissue due to a chemical process without bacterial involvement and strongly influenced by eating habits.
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