Dental Attrition:

Terms Related to Dental Attrition

• Tooth Abrasion

  The pathologic wearing away of the tooth substance by brushing, bruxism, clenching, and other mechanical causes. It is differentiated from TOOTH ATTRITION in that this ...

• Tooth Erosion

  Progressive loss of the hard substance of a tooth by chemical processes that do not involve bacterial action. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p296)

• Tooth Crown

  The upper part of the tooth, which joins the lower part of the tooth (TOOTH ROOT) at the cervix (TOOTH CERVIX) at a line called ...

• Tooth Cervix

  The constricted part of the tooth at the junction of the crown and root or roots. It is often referred to as the cementoenamel junction ...

• Tooth Germ

  The collective tissues from which an entire tooth is formed, including the DENTAL SAC; ENAMEL ORGAN; and DENTAL PAPILLA. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)

• CEJ

  The constricted part of the tooth at the junction of the crown and root or roots. It is often referred to as the cementoenamel junction ...