Tooth Wear

Professor Andrew Eder, BDS (Lond), LDS (RCS Eng), MSc (Lond), MRD (RCS Eng and RCPS Glas), FDS (RCS Eng and Ed), FCGDent, FHEA, is Emeritus Professor and formerly Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute having been a clinical academic at the Eastman since 1990. Throughout this time, Professor Eder has contributed to the training of postgraduates and NHS trainees as well as provided high quality care for patients with complex oral health needs. Most recently, Professor Eder was Pro-Vice-Provost at UCL with responsibility for short courses and executive education across all academic departments. Prior to this, he was Director of Education at the Eastman with responsibility for education and CPD across the Institute. Alongside his academic roles, and as a Specialist in Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics, Professor Eder has also been in referral specialist practice in central London for almost 30 years with a special interest in themanagement of patients with tooth wear. He is Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and a past President of Alpha Omega, the British Society for Restorative Dentistry and the Royal Society of Medicine’s Dental Section. Professor Eder is an Elected Board Member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and is Chair of the Restorative Specialty Membership Examinations and also the Academic and Innovation Strategy Committee. Professor Eder has also served on the Editorial Boards of the British Dental Journal and the European Journal of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics and has published extensively. In recognition of his various professional, charitable and communal roles, Professor Eder has received honorary fellowships and degrees as well as prizes for teaching and learning.Dr Maurice Faigenblum, BDS (Lond), LDS (RCS Eng), FDS (RCPS Glas), worked as a clinical academic in the Prosthetics Department at the Eastman Dental Hospital for almost three decades. He was Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer from 1981 to 2003 during which time he developed a special interest in overdenture treatment and the management of tooth wear. As Honorary Senior Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry at UCL Eastman CPD from 2003 to 2012, Dr Faigenblum was the Academic Lead for the teaching of removable prosthodontics and also for the British Dental Journal’s CPD Programme from its launch in 2003 with over 20,000 registered participants from across the globe. In 2012, he was appointed Honorary Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow at UCL Eastman CPD. Special areas of clinical interest have included biometric guides for complete dentures and implants, advanced tooth wear and also the management of sleep-related breathing disorders. Dr Faigenblum is a past President of Alpha Omega London Dental Society. He has lectured extensively throughout his career and published articles in the British Dental Journal and other leading dental journals. Dr Faigenblum is recognised by the General Dental Council as a Specialist in Prosthodontics and has recently retired from specialist clinical practice after 60 years.

“The editors succeed in presenting a much-extended book … in a manner appropriate for all members of the dental team. … all readers, seeking either a greater academic understanding of tooth wear, or wishing to be guided through various clinical considerations and methods for managing affected patients, will benefit from this book. … Professor Eder and Dr Faigenblum are to be congratulated for the third edition, which will continue its deserved reputation as a definitive text on this subject.” (Martin Ashley, British Dental Journal, Vol. 233 (12), December, 2022)

• FM: Foreword.- Tooth wear: Editors’ introduction.- Part 1: Introduction to tooth wear.- 1. An overview of tooth wear.- 2. Tooth wear and population oral health.- 3. Risk factors in tooth wear.- 4. Saliva and tooth wear.- 5. Feeding and eating disorders: behaviours that adversely impact oral health.- 6. Physiology of erosive tooth wear and relationship with dentine hypersensitivity.- 7. Association between tooth wear and dental sleep disorders; an overview.- 8. Dento-legal considerations in the management of patients with tooth wear.- Part 2: Management of tooth wear.- 9. A pragmatic philosophy of tooth wear management.- 10. Treatment planning for patients with tooth wear.- 11. Occlusion and splint therapy.- 12. Tooth wear in the child and adolescent.- 13. Surgical crown lengthening in the management of tooth wear,-14. Orthodontic therapy in the management of tooth wear.- 15. Adhesive restorations.- 16. Fixed prosthodontics.- 17. Removable prosthodontics.- 18. Dental implants in the management of tooth wear.- 19. Prevention, maintenance and dealing with failures.- BM: Tooth wear: future considerations.