erosion

erosion /ero·sion/ (e-ro´zhun) an eating or gnawing away; a shallow or superficial ulceration; in dentistry, the wasting away or loss of substance of a tooth by a chemical process that does not involve known bacterial action.ero´sive

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e·ro·sion (-rzhn)

n.

1. Superficial destruction of a surface by friction, pressure, ulceration, or trauma.

2. The wearing away of a tooth by chemical or abrasive action. Also called odontolysis.

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erosion (ērō´zhn),

n the chemical or mechanicochemical destruction of tooth substance, the mechanism of which is incompletely known, which leads to the creation of concavities of many shapes at the cementoenamel junction of teeth. The surface of the cavity, unlike dental caries, is hard and smooth.

Erosion.

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erosion

an eating or gnawing away; a shallow or superficial ulceration; in dentistry, the wasting away or loss of substance of a tooth by a chemical process that does not involve known bacterial action.