Bibliometric Analysis of Peer-Reviewed Literature on Erosive Tooth Wear From 1945 to 2023.

Erosive tooth wear (ETW) is a prevalent oral condition with varying etiology, including erosion, abrasion, abfraction, and attrition. It is reported in the literature in different nomenclatures, hindering the ability to identify the emerging trends and influential scholarly works and bodies within this field. Using a bibliometric analysis approach, this study aims to evaluate the trends, themes, and productivity of the research on ETW condition while respecting its different terminologies. The Web of Science database was utilized to obtain the publication records on ETW to implement a retrospective bibliometric study. The data were retrieved on September 10, 2024, with the search terms "Dental erosion" OR "enamel erosion" OR "erosive tooth" OR "dental abrasion" OR "tooth abrasion" OR "toothbrush abrasion" OR "enamel abrasion" OR "non-carious cervical lesion" OR "non carious cervical lesion" OR "abfraction" OR "abfractions" OR "Tooth wear" OR "erosive tooth wear". We identified 6,069 records, and after applying inclusion/exclusion criteria, we removed 679, and the remaining 5,390 papers were considered for the analysis. The bibliometric indicators include types and accessibility modes, year of publications with citations, publishing sources, most contributing countries, institutions, authorship patterns, top authors, keywords, and the characteristics of the 15 most cited articles were examined. For the data analysis, Microsoft Excel (v.16; Microsoft® Corp., Redmond, WA), VOSviewer (v.1.6.10; https://www.vosviewer.com), and Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS, v.27; IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Armonk, NY) software were utilized. The outcome illustrated that 5,390 papers on ETW were contributed by the authors of 127 countries and published in 1,112 journals between 1945 and 2023. The published the most papers (n=290), while the had the most impactful papers (54.91 citations/paper). Authors from 3,904 institutions participated. The University of São Paulo became the most productive institution with 336 papers, while the University of Bristol's papers had the maximum citation impact (55.32 citations/paper). About 81.49% of the total authors had produced one paper each. The percentage of average authors for each paper was found to be 4.41, and David Bartlett was the most productive author. The most cited top 15 papers got an average of 297.26 citations per paper. About 77% of research on ETW was published in the last two decades. This bibliometric evaluation provides direction for future research and data regarding the present state of research on ETW.