Background Erosive tooth wear (ETW) has gained increasing clinical relevance. It is
estimated that worldwide 30–50% of deciduous and 20–45% of permanent teeth are …

Saliva is one of the important body fluids that reflects normal internal characteristics and
disease state of an individual. As a multi-composition oral fluid, has high potential for the …

This article provides an overview of the nutritional and patient-related risk factors involved in
the aetiology of erosive tooth wear (ETW) and the preventive strategies to counteract them …

The presence of saliva in the oral environment is relevant for several essential health
processes. However, the noncontrolled early saliva interaction with biomaterials …

Different proportions of mineral ions in saliva can influence the protective effect the salivary
pellicle provides against dental erosion. To investigate the effect of different calcium …

Abstract Objectives Chitosan (Ch) in F/Sn-toothpastes can increase toothpastes' anti-erosive
efficacy. Whether efficacy can be further increased by changing chitosan's viscosity was …

Currently available anti-erosive agents only provide partial protection, emphasizing the
need to enhance their performance. By characterizing erosive enamel wear at the …

Erosive wear undermines the structural properties of enamel resulting in irreversible enamel
loss. A thin protein layer formed from natural saliva on tooth surfaces, acquired enamel …

Objective to investigate the ability of solutions containing sodium hexametaphosphate,
fluoride and quercetin, alone or in association, to prevent dentin erosion and to inhibit matrix …

Dental caries is a biofilm-induced bacterial infectious oral disease, where the early
attachment of proteins and pathogenic bacteria to tooth surfaces has been known as the …