Basic Erosive Wear Examination (BEWE): A new scoring system for scientific and clinical needs

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 65-68

  Bartlett, David ^a   Ganss, C ^b   Lussi, A ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Erosion; Examination; Index; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENAMEL; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; ODONTOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH DISEASE;

DENTAL ENAMEL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ODONTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOOTH ABRASION; TOOTH ATTRITION; TOOTH EROSION;

EID: 39249085513     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-007-0181-5     Document Type: Article

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