Question 456 · LDEK · Non-carious lesions of dental hard tissues
Choose the proper name for the process of wear of the hard tissues of the teeth, which is manifested by shortening of the crowns of the teeth, wear of the incisal edges of the anterior teeth and cusps of the posterior teeth, and accompanies bruxism as a symptom:
- A. abrasion.
- B. attrition.
- C. abfraction.
- D. erosion.
- E. Black’s class VI.
Hint
Focus on tooth-to-tooth contact during parafunction, which produces matching wear facets on opposing teeth.
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