Table 1.

Prevalence of dental erosion, according to studies from different countries. Prevalences, as listed, refer to erosion that reaches to the dentin or deeper.

Country	Age (yr)	No. of individuals	Prevalence (%)	Author(s) and publication yr
Children
United Kingdom	4-5	178	30	Millward et al. 1994 [15]
United Kingdom	5	>1000	24	Downer 1995 [16]
United Kingdom	1.5–4.5	1658	8	Moynihan and Holt 1996 [17]
Saudi Arabia	5-6	354	34	Al-Majed et al. 2002 [18]
Ireland	5	202	21	Harding et al. 2003 [19]
India	5-6	100	30	Deshpande and Hugar 2004 [20]
China	3–5	1949	1	Luo et al. 2005 [21]
Germany	2–7	463	13	Wiegand et al. 2006 [22]
Sweden	5-6	135	13	Hasselkvist et al. 2010 [23]
Adolescents
United Kingdom	14	1035	30	Milosevic et al. 1994 [24]
United Kingdom	15	>1000	2	Downer 1995 [16]
Saudi Arabia	20	95	16	Johansson et al. 1996 [25]
Cuba	12	1010	17	Kunzel et al. 2000 [26]
Saudi Arabia	12–14	862	26	Al-Majed et al. 2002 [18]
Iceland	15	278	6	Arnadóttir et al. 2003 [27]
United Kingdom	14	1308	13	Dugmore and Rock 2003 [9]
United Kingdom	14	2351	53	Bardsley et al. 2004 [28]
Turkey	11	153	28	Caglar et al. 2005 [29]
Brazil	12	389	2	Correr et al. 2009 [30]
Netherlands	15	622	24	El Aidi et al. 2010 [10]
Iceland	12	757	1	Arnadottir et al. 2010 [31]
Iceland	15	750	6	Arnadottir et al. 2010 [31]
Sweden	13-14	227	12	Hasselkvist et al. 2010 [23]
Sweden	18-19	247	22	Hasselkvist et al. 2010 [23]
Adults
Switzerland	26–30	197	11	Lussi et al. 1991 [32]
Switzerland	46–50	194	19	Lussi et al. 1991[32]
United Kingdom	22	1010	77	Daly et al. 2011 [33]