Question 296 · LDEK · Non-carious lesions of dental hard tissues
Indicate the best definition of erosion:
- A. loss of dental hard tissues as a result of a chemical process.
- B. loss of dental hard and soft tissues as a result of a chemical process.
- C. loss of dental hard tissues as a result of a chemical process not involving bacteria.
- D. loss of dental hard tissues as a result of a chemical process involving bacteria.
- E. loss of dental hard and soft tissues as a result of a chemical process involving bacteria.
Hint
Caries is also a chemical dissolution of hard tissue — consider what distinguishes the source of acid in erosion.
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