Dental charting

Question 1

Why do we chart teeth?

Answer 1

Record px details
Monitors disease
Medicolegal requirement

Question 2

Charting systems

Answer 2

Zsigmondy-Palmer
FDI
American

Question 3

Describe Zsigmondy-Palmer system (most popular in UK)

Answer 3

Teeth number 1-8 from midline in each quadrant
3l is upper right canine
Decidous teeth given letters A-E

Question 4

Describe American system

Answer 4

Permanent: 1 (UR8) - 32 (LR8), clockwise
Deciduous: A (UR5) - T (LR5)

Question 5

Describe FDI system

Answer 5

UR6 would be 16
UL6 would be 26
LL6 would be 36
LR6 would be 46

Question 6

Class I lesion

Answer 6

Pits and fissures of occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth

Lingual surfaces of anterior teeth

Question 7

Class II lesion

Answer 7

Proximal surfaces of posterior teeth

Question 8

Class III lesion

Answer 8

Posterior sufaces of anterior teeth

Question 9

Class IV lesion

Answer 9

Proximal surfaces of anterior teeth that involve an incisal edge

Question 10

Class V lesion

Answer 10

Cervical third of facial, buccal, or lingual surfaces of anterior and posterior teeth

Question 11

Recently extracted tooth

Answer 11

X across tooth

Question 12

Root present

Answer 12

+ on occlusal

Question 13

Root filled tooth

Answer 13

RF

Question 14

Crown

Answer 14

C

Question 15

Sound tooth

Answer 15

. in middle

Question 16

Unerupted tooth

Answer 16

U

Question 17

Tooth to be extracted

Answer 17

/ across tooth

Question 18

Cavity present

Answer 18

o on surface

Question 19

Early lesion under review

Answer 19

dotted o

Question 20

Missing tooth

Answer 20

_ across tooth

Question 21

Restoration present

Answer 21

filled in o

Question 22

Partially erupted tooth

Answer 22

PE