Tooth Discoloration:

Terms Related to Tooth Discoloration

• 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 Attrition

  The wearing away of a tooth as a result of tooth-to-tooth contact, as in mastication, occurring only on the occlusal, incisal, and proximal surfaces. It ...

• Dental 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 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 ...

• Dental Attrition

  The wearing away of a tooth as a result of tooth-to-tooth contact, as in mastication, occurring only on the occlusal, incisal, and proximal surfaces. It ...

• Tooth Apices

  The tip or terminal end of the root of a tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p62)