Dental Erosion and Its Growing Importance in Clinical Practice: From Past to Present

Table 1

Prevalence of dental erosion, according to studies from different countries. Prevalences, as listed, refer to erosion that reaches to the dentin or deeper.

Country	Age (yr)	No. of individuals	Prevalence (%)	Author(s) and publication yr
Children
United Kingdom	4-5	178	30	Millward et al. 1994 [15]
United Kingdom	5	>1000	24	Downer 1995 [16]
United Kingdom	1.5–4.5	1658	8	Moynihan and Holt 1996 [17]
Saudi Arabia	5-6	354	34	Al-Majed et al. 2002 [18]
Ireland	5	202	21	Harding et al. 2003 [19]
India	5-6	100	30	Deshpande and Hugar 2004 [20]
China	3–5	1949	1	Luo et al. 2005 [21]
Germany	2–7	463	13	Wiegand et al. 2006 [22]
Sweden	5-6	135	13	Hasselkvist et al. 2010 [23]
Adolescents
United Kingdom	14	1035	30	Milosevic et al. 1994 [24]
United Kingdom	15	>1000	2	Downer 1995 [16]
Saudi Arabia	20	95	16	Johansson et al. 1996 [25]
Cuba	12	1010	17	Kunzel et al. 2000 [26]
Saudi Arabia	12–14	862	26	Al-Majed et al. 2002 [18]
Iceland	15	278	6	Arnadóttir et al. 2003 [27]
United Kingdom	14	1308	13	Dugmore and Rock 2003 [9]
United Kingdom	14	2351	53	Bardsley et al. 2004 [28]
Turkey	11	153	28	Caglar et al. 2005 [29]
Brazil	12	389	2	Correr et al. 2009 [30]
Netherlands	15	622	24	El Aidi et al. 2010 [10]
Iceland	12	757	1	Arnadottir et al. 2010 [31]
Iceland	15	750	6	Arnadottir et al. 2010 [31]
Sweden	13-14	227	12	Hasselkvist et al. 2010 [23]
Sweden	18-19	247	22	Hasselkvist et al. 2010 [23]
Adults
Switzerland	26–30	197	11	Lussi et al. 1991 [32]
Switzerland	46–50	194	19	Lussi et al. 1991[32]
United Kingdom	22	1010	77	Daly et al. 2011 [33]