abfraction

Meaning

Noun

  • A proposed mechanism for noncarious tooth tissue loss, owing not to decay but rather to biomechanical stresses of biting and chewing; the pathogenesis of such damage remains a subject of continuing study.
  • An instance of tooth tissue loss via this mechanism.

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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