Table 1.

Used dental erosion indexes in human cross-sectional studies for children found in Medline from the years 2000–2006

Aim of the study	n	Study population	Referred index	Source
Erosive tooth wear	463	Kindergarten, 3- to 5-year-old children	O’Sullivan Index	Wiegand et al. [54]
Dental erosion	153	11-year-olds	O’Sullivan Index	Caglar et al. [10]
Prevalence of dental erosion	499	School setting; 12-year-old children	O’Sullivan Index	Peres et al. [43]
Prevalence of dental erosion	1,949	Preschool children; 3- to 5-year-old children	UK Children dental health survey index	Luo et al. [32]
Prevalence of dental erosion	832	6- and 12-year-old school children	Own erosion index	Truin et al. [50]
SES and ethnicity and oral health	1,753	Random sample of 12- and 14-year-old children	UK Children dental health survey index	Dugmore and Rock [16]
Accuracy and reproducibility of school dental screening	570	Primary-school children	New index was developed	Hetherington and White [24]
Prevalence of and risk factors for dental erosion	95	Children and adults	Own erosion index	Johansson et al. [28]
Oral health and gastro-oesophageal reflux	52	Children with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease	Aine Index	Linnett et al. [31]
Asthma and dental erosion	418	Random Sample of 14-year-old children	Smith and Knight TWI	Al-Dlaigan et al. [2]
Prevalence of dental erosion
Oral health and gastro-oesophageal reflux	37	Children with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease	Aine Index	Dahshan et al. [15]
Prevalence of dental erosions	987	Preschool children, 2- to 5-year-old children	UK Children dental health survey index	Al-Malik et al. [4]
Oral health of children with clefts	91	4-, 8-, and 12-year-old children	UK Children dental health survey index	Chapple and Nunn [11]
Dental erosion and consumption of oranges	1,010	12-year-old children	Own erosion index	Künzel et al. [29]