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. 2015 Apr;3(2):166-70.
doi: 10.1177/2050640615575972.

Dental erosions and other extra-oesophageal symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: Evidence, treatment response and areas of uncertainty

Ans Pauwels  1
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Dental erosions and other extra-oesophageal symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: Evidence, treatment response and areas of uncertainty

Ans Pauwels. United European Gastroenterol J. 2015 Apr.

Abstract

Extra-oesophageal symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) are often studied, but remain a subject of debate. It has been clearly shown that there is a relationship between the extra-oesophageal symptoms chronic cough, asthma, laryngitis and dental erosion and GORD. Literature is abundant concerning reflux-related cough and reflux-related asthma, but much less is known about reflux-related dental erosions. The prevalence of dental erosion in GORD and vice versa, the prevalence of GORD in patients with dental erosion is high but the exact mechanism of reflux-induced tooth wear erosion is still under review.

Keywords: Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease; asthma; chronic cough; dental erosion.

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Figure 1.
The Montreal classification (adapted from Vakil et al.3). GORD: gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
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