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wear,

n a loss of substance or a diminishing through use, friction, or other destructive factors.

wear, abnormal occlusal,

n wear that exceeds the physiologic wear patterns associated with the attritional effects of food substances; the excessive wear of the teeth occurring as a result of continued afunctional gyrations of the mandible.

wear, interproximal,

n a loss of tooth substance in contact areas through functional wear and friction, resulting in broadening and flattening of the contacts and a decrease in the mesiodistal dimension of the teeth and the dentition as a whole.

wear, occlusal,

n attritional loss of substance on opposing occlusal units or surfaces. See also abrasion and attrition.

wear pattern,

n See pattern, wear.

wear, physiologic,

n the attrition or abrasion of tooth substance occurring as a result of such conditions as the abrasive consistency of the normal diet or the slight buccolingual movement of the teeth possible in the masticatory process. It does not include the wear produced by such influences as habits or occlusal prematurities.