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- Tooth surface loss (TSL) is a multifactorial issue affecting quality of life, primarily caused by factors like high sugar and acid consumption from soft drinks, but often not requiring extensive rehabilitation.
- A case study of a 35-year-old man highlights how severe TSL resulted from long-term soft drink use to manage asthma symptoms, combined with medication side effects and other habits.
- An eight-step minimally invasive treatment approach was implemented, leading to improved durability and functionality through indirect restorations while integrating removable and fixed solutions for complex cases.
Article Abstract
Tooth surface loss (TSL) is multifactorial and, when severe, it can severely impact the quality of life. Although carbonated soft drinks, with their high sugar and acid content, are a common cause of TSL, the effects do not usually mandate full-mouth rehabilitation. Nevertheless, when combined with other factors such as parafunctional habits or other drivers of high consumption, TSL can be severe. Here we present the case of a 35-year-old man who presented with mild to severe TSL throughout the oral cavity caused by erosion and attrition. Causative factors were heavy consumption of soft drinks for years to quench thirst caused by asthma, side effects of asthma-related medications, and other parafunctional habits. The eight-step approach was as minimally invasive as possible, considering the severe presentation of TSL, and offered the patient a more durable treatment option than previously provided resin-based composite restorations. Presenting this case allows us to discuss the causes of TSL and also describe full mouth rehabilitation of TSL at increased occlusal vertical dimension with indirect restorations. We also demonstrate the integration of removable and fixed options, when progressing complex restorative cases.
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