Recommendations and guidelines for dentists using the basic erosive wear examination index (BEWE)

Vicente Aránguiz; Juan Sebastián Lara; M Loreto Marró; Saoirse O'Toole; Valeria Ramírez; David Bartlett

doi:10.1038/s41415-020-1246-y

Recommendations and guidelines for dentists using the basic erosive wear examination index (BEWE)

Br Dent J. 2020 Feb;228(3):153-157. doi: 10.1038/s41415-020-1246-y.

Authors

Vicente Aránguiz¹, Juan Sebastián Lara², M Loreto Marró¹, Saoirse O'Toole³, Valeria Ramírez⁴, David Bartlett⁵

Affiliations

¹ Facultad de Odontología, Cariology Unit, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
² Department of Cariology, Operative Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Indiana University School of Dentistry, USA.
³ Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Kings College London, London, UK.
⁴ Facultad de Odontología, Cariology, Epidemiology and Public Health Unit, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
⁵ Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Kings College London, London, UK. david.bartlett@kcl.ac.uk.

Abstract

This paper explains how to screen tooth wear in general practice using the Basic Erosive Wear Examination (BEWE) index. It explains how stakeholders in the UK acknowledged the convenience of the BEWE and that it could be recorded at the same time as the Basic Periodontal Examination (BPE). The article contains examples of anterior and posterior tooth wear for each BEWE score to help dentists in their evaluation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Dentists
General Practice*
Humans
Prevalence
Tooth Attrition*
Tooth Erosion*
Tooth Wear*