abfraction.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From ab- + fraction (“act of breaking”); from 1991.
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