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What are the steps in tx of toothwear?

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Diagnosis (type of toothwear and identify cause)

Construct tx plan

Preventative Management

Active management

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What is tooth surface loss?

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Loss of tooth substance due to caries, trauma, toothwear, developmental diseases

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What is non carious tooth surface loss?

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Loss of tooth substance NOT due to caries - ie toothwear, developmental issues, trauma

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What are the two main classifications of toothwear?

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Physiological

Pathological

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What is physiological tooth wear?

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This is normal tooth wear that we expect as a person ages and is associated with normal function - normal tooth wear per year is 20-40 microns (normal wear expected at pts age)

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What is pathological tooth wear?

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This is tooth wear that exceeds the expected wear for the pts age or if pt is symptomatic (ie doesn’t like aesthetics or functional problems)

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What are the types of pathological toothwear?

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Attrition
Abrasion
Erosion
Abfraction
Combination
Aetiology Unknown

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Why must we determine aetiology of wear?

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If we dont known the aetiology then toothwear will continue to progress as we cant remove causative factor

we must know cause to reduce further wear and tx plan

can also be sign the pt requires further medical signposting (ED, acid reflux)

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What is attrition?

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Type of tooth substance loss due to tooth to tooth contact resulting in physiological wear

common in pts with parafunctional habits such as bruxism, clenching and grinding

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Where is attritional commonly seen? 2

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Incisal surfaces
Occlusal surfaces

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What is early appearance of attrition? 2

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Polished appearance, smooth facets on cusps
slightly flattened incisal egde

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What is late appearance of attrition?

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Flat incisal edges/occlusal surface
reduction in cusp height
loss of canine cusp resulting in teeth joining

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What increases rate of attrition?

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Lack of posterior support
Stress/anxiety
Deep OB or Edge to edge occlusion

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What are common features in burixms?

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Significant toothwear
root fracture in virgin teeth
Eraly onset and quick progression
cracks around restorations - fillings failing

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Why can deep overbite cause attrition?

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Deep OB results in attrition to palatal surface of upper incisors and labial wear of lowers

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What is a sign of parafunction with no obvious wear?

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Root fracture in unrestored teeth
soft tissue features - cheek, lips tongue chewing
cracks around restorations

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What is erosion?

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Loss of tooth substance due to chemical process (not bacterial) - teeth are chronically exposed to either intrinsic or extrinsic acid resulting in loss of tooth substance

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What are the different intrinsic and extrinsic acids?

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Intrinsic: GORD, Acid reflux, ED (bulimia), uncontrolled diabetes

Extrinsic: fruit juice, fizzy juice, sports drinks, citric fruits, sweets, drugs such as methanphetamines

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What are the early stages of erosion?

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Transpartent incisal edges - inc shine through of mouth
flat shiny smooth enamel, loss of surface detail

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What are late stages of erosion?

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exposed dentine
cupping - enamel is more mineralised than dentine so dentine preferentially dissolves leaving enamel ring and dentine cupping

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How can we tel diff between erosion and attrition?

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In attrition the deepest areas of wear touch
in erosion deepest aspect of wear is into dentine and this wont occlude

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Do we get staining in erosion?

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No as acid washes staining away

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What are some signs of eating disorders?

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Palatal erosion
Polished/shiny restorations
may have tongue lesion in centre of tongue due to tongue thrusting when throwing up
halitosis
altered taste
high caries rate (high calorie intake –> sick)

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Signs of excess carbonated drinks?

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Incisial erosion on upper teeth from bottle or can
Cupping on lower molars
Palatal erosion uppers

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What is abfraction?
Theoretical concept Force on tooth results in tooth flexing at area away from the point of load (cervical margin) and the tooth flexes which results in micro mechanical stresses on the enamel and can eventually lead to cyclic fatigue and enamel fracture
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What is abrasion?
This is loss of dental tooth substance as a result of a foreign object in contact with the teeth (often a toothbrush but can be oral self harm such as toothpick, tongue stud or vape)
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What is the pattern of abrasion like?
Depends on abrasive element - usually tends to be labially at cervical aspect and U or rounded lesuions on canines and pre molars
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What is important in abrasion lesions?
Can modify behaviour and prevent wear progressing easily if pt is receptive ask pt about Oh routing - brushing duration, frequency, type of toothbrush, type of toothpaste
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What can abrasion be connected with?
Stress/axiety MH conditions ED - inc tendency to be sick so wanting to brush teeth for taste/cleaness
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Where does abrasion form quicker?
Root surface
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What is combination wear?
This is where we have combo of all 3 types of wear: common in alcoholics, ED pts, mental health pts, poor diet pts, bruxist pts
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Why may aetiology be unknown? Implications of this?
Pt may be embarrassed or unwilling to tell us cause and we cant identify It proceed with tx with caution --> if causative factor not addressed then tooth wear willl continue to progress
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What is important to note about the toothwear?
Is it ACTIVE HISTORIC
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Difference between active and historic wear?
Active = ongoing tooth substance loss Historic = prev tooth substance loss which has now arrested due to removal of causative factor (for example pt prev went through stressful period and now that has passed along with tooth wear) - easier to tx as it wont progress
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In tooth wear what may pt C/O?
Aesthetics - short looking teeth, not visible when smiling very rarely about function but may be pain - sensitivity due to exposed dentine or if rapid then may have pulp exposure
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Why do toothwear pts tend not get pain?
Slowly progressing and as protective mechanism tooth lays down tertiary dentine for pulpal protection
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What medical reasons can lead to toothwear?
EDs - bullemia Alcoholism Medications with low pH Medications causing xerostomia GORD Pregnancy (morning sicking and acid reflux)
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What is important in relation to PDH of toothwear pt?
Attendance Motivation Prev tx experience Toothbrushing routine
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Why do we need to determine SH of toothwear pt?
Stress Occupation Diet Habits Sports - energy drinks, running gel, weightlifter
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What do we assess in E/O exam of toothwear pt?
TMJ (may be sign of parafunctional habit) LN (lympadenopathy) MOM (hypertrophy?) Asymmetry Overclosure - are lips and nose getting closer Smile line
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What do we assess in terms of pts occlusion?
OVD = when pt is in maximum intercuspation RVD = when pt at rest (say letter m) FWS= RVD - OVD
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Describe what would happen to OVD RVD and FWS in rapidly progressing toothwear
OVD would decrease RVD increase FWS increase
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What happens to OVD RVD and FWS in slow progression toothwear?
In slow progression toothwear there is dentoalveolar compensation which is where posterior teeth over erupt to compensate for loss of OVD and as a result there is no change to OVD RDV or FWS teeth get smaller but incisal edges stay in contact
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What is the BEWE?
Basic erosive wear exam: sextant approach 0 = no erosive wear 1 = initial loss of surface texture 2 = erosive wear <50% of tooth hard tissue 3 = erosive wear >50% of tooth hard tissue then add up and figure: RISK: NONE = < OR EQUAL TO 2 LOW = 3-8 MED = 8-13 HIGH - > OR EQUAL TO 14
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What is the location of tooth wear?
Localised (anterior only) Generalised - A and P
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What SIs can we carry out in tooth wear?
Clinical photographs Sensibility testing radiographs articulated study casts diet analysis
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What is the first line of tx in toothwear?
PREVENTATIVE MANAGEMENT
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When may we have no loss of OVD but space available?
AOB Class II Div I
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What are the stages of a tx plan?
Immediate Initial Re-evaluation Recon Maintenance
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What does preventative management do?
Prevents wear progressing if we dont do it then it will progress and tx will fail
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What are some generalised preventative measures?
Fluoride toothpaste - 2800 or 5000ppmF Fluoride mouthwash - 225ppmF Diet advice OHI Splinting (to prevent progression) Referral to GP
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How do we tx abrasion?
BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION = due to foreign object (toothbrush etc) need to establish pts current routine and modify this to prevent wear progressing if pt cant modify behaviour or if behaviour is being modified we can do RMGIC restorations to replace loss of tooth substance - IT IS PREVENTION AS NO TOOTH PREP REQUIRED
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Why do we use RMGIC for abrasion lesions?
Increased flexibility - when tooth flexes, GI will flex also with the tooth rather than fracture - it has low Youngs modulus composite is brittle so not good option
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How do we tx attrition?
Tooth to tooth often due to bruxism so need to look at management of bruxism STRESS MANAGEMENT SPLINT
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What is the purpose of a splint?
Used in attrition cases prevents further tooth surface loss as splint is worn rather than tooth Relaxes muscles and take the load of the TMJ
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What is the tx for erosion?
Modification of factors If extrisinic - dietary changes if intrinsic - refer to doctor remember PPI rebound when pt comes off this drug!
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How long does passive management last?
6 months before going to active tx
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What is active tx?
This is where we preserve remaining tooth structure improve aestehtics preserve function and stability
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What is a simple restorative tx we can do in toothwear?
Covering of exposed dentine DBA Filling cupped defects
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What is an extensive definitive restoration?
if there is tooth wear and further complications we can consider extensive restorative tx
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What does the decision of tx depends on in anterior tooth wear?
Pattern of maxillary anterior wear Inter-occlusal space Space required for restorations Quality and quantity of remaining tooth (enamel bonding) Pts aesthetic demands
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What are the patterns of anterior wear?
Palatal Palatal and incisal Labial
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What is the tx of palatal wear?
Comp resin palatally - aesthetics not really issue
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When may there be toothwear with adequate incisal space? 3
class II Div I AOB rapidly progressing wear
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When may there be no increase in FWS
Slow progressing toothwear and dentoalveaolr compensation to maintain masticatory efficiency
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What is the issue with tooth wear and dente-alveolar comp?
Leaves no room for restorative tx
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What is the issues when we have no FWS and toothwear
Small amount of tooth tissue poor retention due to short dial walls inc risk of pulp damage as clinical crown short
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Ways to create space?
DAHL A AND P INDIRECT RESTORATIONS TO INC OVD SURGICAL CROWN LENGTEHNING ICP TO RCP
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What is the Dahl technique?
this is where we gain space in localised toothwear cases by adding composite resin anteriorly at the incisal and palatal surfaces in order to create posterior disclusion (POB) which increases the OVD and then over course of several months dente-alveolar comp occurs and the posterior teeth erupt into the new occlusion resulting in occlusal harmony and space anteriorly benefit is that the DAHL technique and definitive rest can be done at same time 6 months --> if not success then wont work
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Contraindication of DAHL
Bisphpsphonates Implants as ankyloses to bone Active PD TMJD post ortho tx
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What is the purpose of a face bow?
Records terminal hinge axis and intercondyalr distance relates the maxillary base to condylar head and measures IC distance to accurately translate onto articulator in lab
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What is issue with reduced posterior support?
Increased severity and progression of tooth-wear
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Why do pts lack posterior support?
Denture intolerant Denture Refusal Supervised Neglect
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What is an overdenture?
This is where we have a removable prosthesis that rests on one or more remaining natural tooth or roots
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Advantages of overdenture?
Correction of occlusal and aesthetics (Bette than mix of natural and acrylic teeth) Tooth support Preserves ridge Proprioception - force transmitted down long axis of tooth to PDL MRONJ/ONJ prevention psychological - hard to have all teeth gone Eases transition to dentures
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Disadvantages of overdenture
Needs excellent OH or teeth will get worse Inc caries/PD problems more pront to denture fracture as acrylic thinner discomfort/infection MH - can get moree difficult if teeth then need to come out and are very carious May be more traumatic XLAs in end due to caries progression
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When are over dentures good?
severe tooth wear where building up is impossible prevents XLa of teeth in medically compromised pts Prevents moving straight to denture Increases OVD
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What are transitional dentures?
This is where we provide pt with denture at an inc OVD and we add acrylic to anterior aspect to ensure stable occlusion and then see if pt tolerates this over 2-3 months --> if so then we can alter occlusion to new OVD but if not then remove and tx as is
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What can we do for bruxism pts?
cobalt chrome backing on denture teeth onto incisal edge and palatally so teeth occlude on metal rather than acrylic which would fracture
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How can we simplify small saddles?
Utilise bridgework for single tooth replacement - less likely to fracture than single tooth on denture anteriorly
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What is the conformist approach?
This is where we provide restorative work to the existing occlusion so teeth occlude unaltered it works when we have stable occlusion with index teeth and we conform to this
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What is reorganised approach?
This is when we provide restorative work to. new, different pre planned occlusion when there is a lack of stable occlusion and index teeth we must decide on OVD prior to tx and can use transition denture first to see if pt copes used when tooth wear lack of posterior teeth
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How do we plan full mouth rehab cases?
U and L impressions Facebow recording with Denar articulator articulate casts on semi adjustable aritculator take high quality inter occlusal record diagnostic wax up stent to show pt and provide temps clinical photos radiographs
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How can we increase retention and resistance in small teeth?
Choice of material grooves ferrule parallel preps MCC Electrosurgery

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