Passos Vanara Florencio, de Souza Andre Mattos Brito, Rodrigues Lidiany Karla Azevedo, Bombonatti Juliana Campos Fraga Soares, Santiago Sergio Lima
School of Dentistry, University of Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Gen Dent. 2013 Aug;61(5):e1-4.
An excessively acidic diet results in the progressive deterioration of dental health, with functional, esthetic, and biological consequences. Previously, rehabilitation required placing numerous full crowns and root canal treatments; however, with improved adhesive techniques, a more conservative approach may be utilized to preserve tooth structure. This article describes 2 cases that utilized conservative dental treatments (involving direct composite resins with minimal preparation of the tooth structure) to treat eroded dentition induced by lemon sucking.
