Diagnosing Tooth Erosion
How to diagnose tooth erosion
Enamel wear is gradual and can be hard to detect during the early stages. Explore the tools that can help you identify enamel wear.
Early diagnosis of enamel wear is important to prevent further, lasting damage1
Common features of enamel wear2,3
These include:
- Yellowing (advanced sign)
- Thinning and translucency
- Surface changes (smoothing)
- Loss of structural features (rounding)
Other signs of enamel wear2,3
These include:
- Palatal erosive tooth wear
- Occlusal cupping
The Basic Erosive Wear Examination (BEWE)
The BEWE is a quick, effective, validated tool for assessing enamel wear.4 It is recommended in the latest UK Department of Health oral healthcare guidelines,4,5 and was a key tool in the ESCARCEL study; the first pan-European epidemiology study on non-carious cervical lesions (NCCL) and associated risk factors, and the largest and most comprehensive study of its kind.
Professor David Bartlett discusses the BEWE tool
Learn how to use the BEWE tool in practice from Professor David Bartlett at King’s College London Dental Institute.
The BEWE in practice
Sensodyne Pronamel – helping protect your patients against enamel wear
Impact on patient quality of life
Find out about the impact enamel wear has on patients’ daily lives.