The prevalence of dental erosion and associated risk factors in 12-13-year-old school children in Southern China

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Table 1 Prevalence of dental erosion in 11-14-year-old children

Author	Year	Country	Age	Sample size	Present (%)	Exposed Dentine (%)	Teeth examined
Al-Dlaigan [29]	2001	UK	14	418	100	52	All permanent teeth
Deery [13]	2000	UK	11-13	125	37	0	Upper permanent incisors
		USA	11-13	129	41	0	Upper permanent incisors
Ganss [30]	2001	German	11.4	1000	11.6	0.2	All permanent teeth
Al-Majed [8]	2002	Saudi Arabia	12-14	862	95	26	Upper permanent incisors and first molars
Dugmore [21]	2004	UK	12	1753	59.7	2.7	permanent incisors and first molars
Peres [19]	2005	Brazil	12	499	13.0	0.32	Upper permanent incisors
Caglar [10]	2005	Turkey	11	153	28	0	All permanent teeth
EL Karim [14]	2007	Sudan	12-14	157	66.9	0	Upper permanent incisors
Auad [12]	2007	Brazil	13-14	458	34.1	0	All permanent teeth
Waterhouse [31]	2008	Brazil	13-14	458	34.1	0	All permanent teeth
Talebi [24]	2009	Iran	12	483	38.1	4.0	Upper permanent incisors
Correr [11]	2009	Brazil	12	389	26	35	All permanent teeth

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