Table 2.

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

Aim of the study	n	Study population	Refered index	Source
Tooth survey (surface?) check! loss	155	Patients attending a dental hospital	UK Adult dental health survey index	Rafeek et al. [44]
Tooth wear among psychiatric patients	143	Psychiatric patients	Smith and Knight TWI	Al-Hiyasat et al. [3]
Tooth wear in elderly	690	Local survey, elderly	Eccles Index	Taiwo et al. [49]
Tooth surface in winemakers	36	Winemakers	Schweizer-Hirt et al. 1978	Chikte et al. [12]
Workplace and dental erosion	20	Silicon workers	Own erosion index	Johansson et al. [27]
Oral and dental health	34	Inpatients in treatment of alcohol disorders	No information given	Araujo et al. [6]
Dental erosion and gastro-oesophageal reflux	?	Patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease	Smith and Knight TWI	Moazzez et al. [36]
Prevalence of dental erosion	18,555	Permanent dentition	Smith and Knight TWI	Borcic et al. [9]
Dental erosion and gastro-oesophageal reflux	253	Patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease	Eccles Index	Munoz et al. [37]
Monitoring of tooth wear	500	Patients referred for a variety of restorative procecdures	Smith and Knight TWI	Bartlett [7]
Risk factors of tooth wear	506	Patients attending a dental hospital	Smith and Knight TWI	Chuajedong et al. [13]
Sport drinks and dental erosion	304	Athletes	Lussi Index	Mathew et al. [34]
Prevalence of tooth wear	126	Patients attending a dental hospital	Smith and Knight TWI	Oginni and Olusile [41]
Recreational drug and tooth surface loss	13	Undergraduate students	Smith and Knight TWI	Nixon et al. [38]
Risk factors for dental erosion	10	Male military Saudi inductees	Own erosion index	Johansson et al. [28]
Oral health status of workers	68	Workers exposed to acid fumes	Smith and Knight TWI	Amin et al. [5]
Methamphetamine and tooth wear	43	Methamphetamine users	Smith and Knight TWI	Richards and Brofeldt [45]
Dental erosion and gastro-oesophageal reflux	20	Patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease	Smith and Knight TWI	Gregory-Head et al. [21]