Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 72 patients presenting with dental erosion and treated with esomeprazole 20 mg twice-daily

Gender: male/female (n)	52 / 20
Age: years#	33.8 (29.1–38.5)
Patients with GERD symptoms >2 per week (n)	15
Reflux Disease Questionnaire score+	3 (1–5)
Patients previously using PPI regularly (n)	0
Patients with endoscopic hiatal hernia (n)	12
BEWE score+	14 (11–17)
Median follow-up time+	1 (1–1)

BEWE Basic erosive wear examination [7]. (9–13 medium, >13 extensive erosive disease), GERD gastrooesophageal reflux disease, PPI proton pump inhibitor. #means (95% confidence intervals) + median (interquartile range)