ORTHODONTICS – SHORT NOTES
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
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
TYPICAL RADIOLOGICAL APPEARANCE 🔺Soap bubble appearance: Ameloblastoma, ABC, Central hemangioma 🔺Driven snow appearance: Calcifying epithelial odontogenic cyst 🔺Honeycomb pattern: Calcifying epithelial odontogenic cyst, odontogenic myxoma, hemangioma, giant cell granuloma 🔺Sunburst appearance: Hemangioma, osteosarcoma 🔺Sun ray appearance: Hemangioma, osteosarcoma, osteoblastoma
TYPICAL FEATURES OF LESION 🔸Ameloblastoma: Eggshell cracking 🔸Pyogenic granuloma: Hourglass appearance 🔸Hodgkin’s disease: Bimodal age incidence peak
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 Spurts’. Timings of growth spurts differs in boys and girls
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: 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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