Aim To assess the habits of tooth wear risk assessment and charting using a tooth wear index, by UK and non-UK dental practitioners.

Design A questionnaire-based evaluation.

Methods Three hundred and two completed questionnaires were returned and the outcomes analysed using descriptives, Chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test in SPSS. Significance was inferred at p <0.05.

Results Based on a sample of 297 responses, 81% agreed to the need to undertake risk assessment for all dental patients attending for a first-time consultation. Fifty-nine percent undertook risk assessments for 'new patients' previously identified with signs of severe tooth wear. The routine use of a clinical index to perform tooth wear charting was described by 13.5%, with 5% documenting the frequent use of the BEWE tool. While specialist dental practitioners or those with further post-graduate training were more likely to use a tooth wear index (p <0.05), there were no other significant relationships between any of the variables in the sample and the practising habits assessed.

Conclusion This investigation alludes to good levels of professional awareness of tooth wear. However, the need for improvement with the actual undertaking of risk assessments for tooth wear and consistency with tooth wear assessment and charting was determined. The need for appropriate professional guidance for the undertaking of tooth wear assessments is supported by the outcomes of this investigation.

目的通过英国和非英国牙科医生评估使用牙齿磨损指数进行牙齿磨损风险评估和绘制图表的习惯。

设计基于问卷的评估。

方法返还320张完整的问卷，并在SPSS中使用描述性，卡方检验和Fisher精确检验对结果进行分析。在p ＜0.05时推断出显着性。

结果根据297份答复样本，有81％同意需要对所有首次就诊的牙科患者进行风险评估。59％的人对先前发现有严重牙齿磨损迹象的“新患者”进行了风险评估。13.5％描述了常规使用临床指标进行牙齿磨损图表绘制，其中5％记录了BEWE工具的频繁使用。虽然专科牙科医生或接受过进一步研究生训练的牙科医生更可能使用牙齿磨损指数（p <0.05），但样本中的任何变量与评估的实践习惯之间没有其他显着的关系。

结论这项调查暗示了对牙齿磨损的专业认识水平很高。但是，人们确定需要对实际的牙齿磨损风险评估进行改进，并与牙齿磨损评估和图表保持一致。该调查的结果支持了进行牙齿磨损评估的适当专业指导。