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 Attrition is a normal physiological process characterized by tooth wear caused by tooth‐to‐tooth contact. Usually this affects the tips of cusps of canines and posterior teeth and incisal edges of incisor teeth

 Abrasion is tooth wear caused by an abrasive external agent. It affects both enamel and dentin

 Erosion is a process characterized by progressive solubilization of tooth substance, usually by exposure to external or gastric acids

 Abfraction is the pathological loss of hard tooth substance caused by biomechanical loading forces