IMPORTANT REVISION NOTES 📌 INTRODUCTION: 🔹Surgical extraction of third molars (wisdom teeth) often requires carefully planned flap designs to ensure optimal access, visibility, and minimal trauma. A...
🌟 PERIODONTICS-PSYCHIATRY RELATIONSHIP 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Psychosomatic disorder in the oral cavity may be caused by either the development of habits that injure the periodontium, or the direct...
🌟 PERIODONTICS-ORAL SURGERY RELATIONSHIP 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Teeth should be extracted in an atraumatic manner to conserve alveolar bone. 🔹Clinicians should avoid applying pressure at the crest of the...
TOPIC: PERIO-PROSTHO RELATIONSHIP 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Crown-lengthening surgery is the surgical procedure which exposes adequate clinical crown to prevent the placement of the crown margin into the...
🌟 PERIO-ENDO RELATIONSHIP 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Periodontal probing, pulp vitality test and radiographs are the cornerstones for diagnosis and classifying endo-perio lesions. 🔹When fistula with gutta...
🌟 PERIO-PROSTHO RELATIONSHIP 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Crown-lengthening surgery is the surgical procedure which exposes adequate clinical crown to prevent the placement of the crown margin into the area...
⭐ CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Pin Cushion Effect- One charged end of chlorhexidine (CHX) molecule binding to the tooth surface and the other remaining available to interact with...
DEFINITIONS OF ORTHODONTICS 🔹MALOCCLUSION: Any deviation from normal occlusion. 🔹MOMENT (of a force): The tendency of a force to cause rotation. 🔹NANCE PALATAL ARCH: A maxillary fixed anchorage...
🌟 MUST READ DEFINTIONS 🔸FACEMASK: An extra-oral appliance, commonly used in Class III malocclusion, that uses anchorage from the chin and forehead to place anterior forces on the maxillary...
IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS IN ORTHODONTICS 🔸ADAPTIVE SWALLOWING PATTERN: A swallowing pattern that exists when a normal lip-to-lip anterior oral seal cannot be achieved. 🔸ANCHORAGE: The resistance to...
DEFINITIONS IN ORTHODONTICS 🔸BINDING: During tooth movement along an archwire, a high couple occurs between bracket and wire, owing to overtipping of the tooth. Binding is the locking of these two...
TOPIC: CLASSIFICATION OF MALOCCLUSIONS 🔹Zygoma (or) Key ridge corresponds to the Mesiobuccal root of the upper 1st molar 🔹A patient is having an edge to edge or end on relation of the first molar in...
SHORT NOTES FOR ORTHODONTICS 1. The term orthodontics is coined by Le Foulon 2. The pioneer in the treatment of cleft palate and related problems, Norman Kingsley...
TOPIC: GROWTH SPURT 📌 KEY POINTS: Growth does not take place uniformly at all times. This period when a sudden acceleration of growth occurs and this sudden increase in growth is termed ‘Growth...
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:...
TOPIC: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹It is formally called Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. 🔹Felix Bloch is called the father of MRI. 🔹Bloch proposed that the nucleus...
TOPIC: COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹Tomography: The word tomography is derived from the Greek word ‘tomos’ meaning ‘a technique of X-ray photography by which a single plane is...
TOPIC: ORTHOPANTOMOGRAPHY 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹Panoramic radiographic technique is also known as pantomography and rotational panoramic radiography. 🔹Indication: To evaluate overall health...
TOPIC: SKULL RADIOGRAPHY 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹The cranium encloses and protects the brain and is made up of eight bones, two of which, the parietal and temporal, are paired. 🔹The...
TOPIC: LATERAL OBLIQUE VIEW 🌟IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹 The lateral oblique view is one of the most enterprising and satisfactory techniques of having an extraoral view of the jaw. 🔹Size of the...
TOPIC: UNDIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY 🌟IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹Lighter radiographs: Radiographs exposed for less than optimum time or with less than optimum kVp or exposed for optimum timing and kVp...
TOPIC: INTRODUCTION TO REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES 🎯 KEY FACTS 🔹 Maxillary first molar is the most commonly missing tooth in permanent dentition. 🔹The primary objective of partial dentures is to...
TOPIC: SINGLE COMPLETE DENTURES AND IMMEDIATE DENTURES 🎯 KEY FACTS 🔹Continuous gum denture is an artificial denture consisting of the porcelain teeth and tinted porcelain denture base material fused...
TOPIC: RELINING AND REBASING 🎯 KEY POINTS: 🔹 Tissue Conditioners are used in functional reline technique. 🔹 The major drawback of rebasing complete dentures is chances of alteration in the centric...
TOPIC: INSERTION AND TROUBLESHOOTING IN COMPLETE DENTURE PROSTHESIS 🎯 KEY FACTS: 🔹An occlusal pivot is an elevation placed on the occlusal surface of the molars to limit the mandibular closure by...
TOPIC: WAX TRY-IN AND LABORATORY PROCEDURES 🎯 KEY FACTS 🔹Shim stock is a thin strip of 8–12 microns used to identify the presence or absence of occlusal or proximal contact. 🔹Errors in mounting casts...
