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: QUALITY CONTROL IN DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹Quality control: It is the specific measure for ensuring and verifying the quality of the radiograph taken. 🔹Quality...
TOPIC: PRINCIPLE OF RADIOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION 🌟IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹Radiographic interpretation is based on the visualisation and analysis of opacities on a radiograph. 🔹The difference...
TOPIC: SPECIALIZED INTRAORAL TECHNIQUES 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹Mandibular third molar radiography: It can be done by surgical needle holder technique, two-radiograph technique, using film...
TOPIC: NORMAL RADIOGRAPHIC ANATOMY 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹Enamel: It is the most radiopaque normal structure in human body which consists of 92% of minerals. 🔹Dentine: It is less radiopaque...
TOPIC: UNITS OF MEASUREMENT AND DOSIMETRY 🌟IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔹Fundamental units: Fundamental units are units which are independent of each other and have their own standard (base)...
TOPIC: INFECTION CONTROL IN DENTAL RADIOLOGY 🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER 🔸Infections of concern in dental radiography are infective hepatitis, HIV and AIDS, and herpes simplex infection. 🔸Personal...
TOPIC: CONCEPT OF OCCLUSION 🎯 KEY FACTS 🔹Farrar appliance is a type of occlusal device which is used to position the mandible anteriorly to treat temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disk disorders...
TOPIC: SELECTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF TEETH 🎯 KEY FACTS 🔹Denture aesthetics is defined as ‘the effect produced by a dental prosthesis that affects the beauty and attractiveness of the person’. 🔹Space...
TOPIC : MAXILLOMANDIBULAR RELATIONSHIP 🎯 KEY FACTS 🔹Camper’s line is the line joining the inferior border of the ala of the nose to the superior border of the tragus. Ideally, the Camper’s plane is...
TOPIC: ARTICULATORS AND FACEBOWS 🎯 KEY FACTS 🔹Arcon Articulators contain the condylar guidance within the upper member and the condylar elements within the lower member. 🔹Functional Articulation is...
TOPIC: IMPRESSIONS IN COMPLETE DENTURES 🎯 KEY POINTS : 🔹 Sublingual crescent is the crescent-shaped area on the anterior floor of the mouth formed by the lingual wall of the mandible and the adjacent...
TOPIC: MOUTH PREPARATION OF COMPLETE DENTURE PATIENTS 🎯 KEY FACTS : 🔹Epulis fissuratum is caused due to overextension of the labial flanges. 🔹Generalized soreness of the denture-bearing area in a new...
