Dental Charting Flashcards

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What is a dental chart?

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It is a diagrammatic representation of the teeth showing all the surfaces

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What is the purpose of dental charting?

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  1. Quick reference
  2. Aid treatment planning
  3. Forensic odontological evidence
  4. Witness of fact
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What are the consequences of poor dental charting?

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  1. Incorrect treatment
  2. Damages to patient
  3. Medico-legal implications
  4. Financial implications
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How long do we need to keep records for?

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Ideally records should be kept indefinitely but at least for 11 years after the completion of treatment

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How long should we to keep children records for?

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Until the patient is 25 year olds or for 11 years after competition of treatment (whichever if longer)

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If you are doing paper notes what colour pen should. you write in?

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Black pen

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What is an MOD restoration?

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Mesio-occlusal-distal restoration

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What is an MI restoration?

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Mesio-incisal restoration

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What is an OL restoration?

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Occluso lingual restoartion

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What does a black circle on a dental chart mean?

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Restoration

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How do you represent a missing tooth on a dental chart?

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A straight black line though the tooth

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How do you represent a tooth that has moved due to orthodontic movement?

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arrow in the direction of movement

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How do you indicate caries on a dental chart?

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An an UNFILLED circe

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How do you indicate if a restoration, crown or filling is unsound or carious and needs replacing

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Draw an UNFILLED circle around the restoration

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How do you represent a crown on a dental chart?

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Cr in a box

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How do you represent a tooth for extraction?

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Diagonal line that continues outside the box

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What is a MCC on a dental chart?

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Metal ceramic crown

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What is a PBC on a dental chart?

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Porcelain bonded crown

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What is a PC on a dental chart?

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Porcelain crown

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What is a PJC on a dental chart?

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Porcelain jacket crown

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What is a DBC on a dental chart?

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A dentine bonded crown

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What is a FVC on a dental chart?

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A full veneer gold crown (full gold shell crown)

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What is a 3/4 FGC on a dental chart?

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3/4 Gold crown

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What does S stand for on a dental chart?

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Supernumerary (extra) tooth

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What does p/e stand for on a dental chart?
Partially erupted tooth
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What does an X though the box on a dental chart stand for?
A retained root
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How do you represent a restoration on a dental chart?
Represented as a black circle
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A straight black line through the tooth means what?
A missing tooth
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What does an arrow in the direction of movement show?
Tooth movement
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What does an UNFILLED circle show on a dental chart?
Caries
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If you see a Cr in a box on the dental chart what does that indicate?
A crown
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How do you represent a retained root on a dental chart?
X though the box
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How do you represent a fracture on a dental chart?
#
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What does V stand for on a dental chart?
Veneer (usually porcelain but could be gold or composite)
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What does BR stand for on a dental chart?
Conventional bridge retainer
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What does BP stand for on a dental chart?
Conventional bridge Pontic
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What does RRR stand for on a dental chart?
Resin retained retainer
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What does RRP stand for on a dental chart?
Resin retained Pontic
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How do you represent a full upper and lower denture on a dental chart?
F/F
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How do you represent a partial upper and lower denture denture on a dental chart?
P/P
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How do you represent a full upper denture on a dental chart?
F/- (C/-)
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How do you represent a full lower denture on a dental chart?
-/F (-/C)
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How do you represent an artificial or false tooth on a dental chart?
A
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How do you represent a cobalt chrome on a dental chart?
Co/Cr
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How do you represent an over denture tooth on a dental chart?
ODT
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If you see a # on a dental chart what does it represent ?
A fractured tooth
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How do you represent a metal ceramic crown on a dental chart?
MCC
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How do you represent a porcelain bonded crown on a dental chart?
PBC
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How do you represented a porcelain crown on a dental chart?
PC
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How do you represent a dentine bonded crown on a dental chart?
DBC
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How do you represent a full veneer gold crown on a dental chart?
FVC
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How do you represent a 3/4 gold crown on a dental chart?
3/4 FGC
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How do you represent a supernumerary tooth on a dental chart?
S
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How would you represent a partially erupted tooth on a dental chart?
p/e
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How do you represent retained roots on a dental chart?
X
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How do you represent a veneer on a dental chart?
V
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How do you represent a conventional bridge retainer on a dental chart?
BR
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How do you represent a conventional bridge Pontic on a dental chart?
BP
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How do you represent a Resin retained retainer on a dental chart?
RPR
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How do you represent a Resin retained ponticon a dental chart?
RRP
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What does F/F represent on a dental chart?
Full upper and lower denture
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What does P/P represent on a dental chart?
Partial upper and partial lower denture
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What does F/- represent on a dental chart?
Full upper denture
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What does -/F represent on a dental chart?
Full lower denture
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What does P/F represent on a dental chart?
Partial upper denture and full lower denture
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What does an A represent on a dental chart?
Artificial or false tooth
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What does Co/Cr represent on a dental chart?
Cobalt chrome
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What does ODT represent on a dental chart?
Overdenture tooth