TOPIC: TOOTH NUMBERING SYSTEM 📌 KEY POINTS: Tooth numbering systems were originally developed as a shortcut to minimize the effort of hand-written record-keeping in dentistry. To identify a specific tooth, arch, quadrant, and the tooth’s name. Currently, only three most popular systems are favored worldwide. These popular systems are as follows: • Zsigmondy/Palmer (the eight-tooth quadrant) […]
TOPIC: BASICS OF DENTAL ANATOMY ⭐ KEY POINTS: 📌 TOOTH: Teeth are mineralized structures except for the pulp and are located in the first part of the digestive tract. A tooth is defined as “one of the hard tissues that are positioned on the jaws and help in holding and mastication of food, also as weapons […]
TOPIC: BASICS OF DENTAL ANATOMY 📌 KEY POINTS: A Tooth is defined as “One of the hard tissues that are positioned on the jaws and help in holding and mastication of food, also as weapons of offense and defense in lower animals.” 💠 Human dentitions are divided into many classes of teeth based on the […]
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