Tooth wear and dental erosion and their relationship with diet and habit

A wide range of foods and drinks were associated with tooth wear and dental erosion but the strengths of association (Odds Ratios) were generally low.Dentists should question patients, even teenagers, with dental erosion about heart burn, reflux and any positive family history of reflux disease.Teenagers know little about acids and dental erosion, thus dentists need to educate parents and children about the risks to dental health using patient information leaflets and commercially available literature etc.