TOPIC: JACKSON’S TRIAD 📌 KEY POINTS: The aims and the objectives of orthodontics have been summarized by Jackson as Jackson’s triad. The three main objectives of orthodontic treatment are: Functional efficiency Structural balance Esthetic harmony
ANATOMICAL LANDMARKS ON PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY ** Enumerate all Radiolucent anatomical landmarks visible on a panoramic radiograph 📌 Bony landmarks of the maxilla and surrounding structures: External auditory meatus (external acoustic meatus) Pterygomaxillary fissure Infraorbital foramen Orbit Incisive canal (Nasopalatine canal) Incisive foramen (Nasopalatine foramen) Nasal cavity Maxillary sinus and floor of the maxillary sinus
TOPIC: IMPORTANT PROSTHODONTICS DEFINITIONS 💠FACEBOW: An instrument used to record the spatial relationship of the maxillary arch to some anatomic reference point or points and then transfer this relationship to an articulator; it orients the dental cast in the same relationship to the opening axis of the articulator; customarily the anatomic references are the mandibular […]
IMPORTANT PROSTHODONTICS DEFINITIONS 💠Ante’s law: In fixed partial denture(FPD) prosthodontics for the observation that the combined pericemental area of all the abutment teeth supporting a fixed partial denture should be equal to or greater in pericemental area than the tooth or teeth being replaced; as formulated for (RPD)removable partial denture prosthodontics the combined pericemental area […]
CLASSIFICATION OF SALIVARY GLAND DISORDERS 1) DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS 🔸Aberrancy (ectopic gland) 🔸Aplasia (absence of glands) and hypoplasia 🔸Atresia (absence of ducts)
TOPIC: DENTAL ETHICS 📌 SHORT NOTES Dental ethics means moral duties and obligations of the dentist towards his patients, professional colleagues and to the society. Code of ethics was framed by the DCI in 1975 Later notified by Government of India as “Dentists (code of ethics) Regulations 1976 It is in force from August 1976 […]
TOPIC: DENTAL ETHICS 📌 KEY POINTS TO PONDER DEFINTIONS: Dental ethics means moral duties and obligations of the dentist towards his patients, professional colleagues and to the society. -Code of ethics was framed by the DCI in 1975 – Later notified by Government of India as “Dentists (code of ethics) Regulations 1976 -It is in […]
TOPIC: HEALTH EDUCATION 📌 SHORT NOTES: 1) OBJECTIVES: Informing people (Cognitive objective) Motivating people (Affective objective) Guiding into action (Behavioral objective)
TOPIC: IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS 1) EPIDEMIOLOGY: (John M. Last 1988) The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems. 2) INCIDENCE: The number of new cases of a specific disease occurring in a defined population during a […]
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