Dental Charting Flashcards
Dental Chart: Armamentarium
23 Explorer Air Mirror Loupes Radiographs
GV Blacks: Class 1
BL Pits/Grooves/Occlusal - posteriors
Lingual pits - anteriors
DOES NOT CROSS MR
(Visual, exploration, radiographs)
GV Blacks: Class II
Posterior only
Proximal + occlusal > 2+ surfaces
CROSSES MARGINAL RIDGE
(Early: radiograph only. Moderate: visual/exploration. Extensive: visual)
GV Blacks: Class III
Proximal of anteriors only.
NO INCISAL
(Early: radiographs/transillumination. Moderate: visual/exploration/radiographs. Extensive: visual)
GV Blacks: Class IV
Proximal + INCISAL of anteriors.
Visual/transillumination/radiographs
GV Blacks: Class V
Cervical 1/3 anterior or posterior.
Direct visual, exploration
GV Blacks: Class VI
Incisal of anteriors or cusp tips of posteriors.
Direct visual/discoloration
Caries
Demineralized, cavitated area.
Watch
Non-cavitated, hypomineralized area - capable of reversal
Amalgam
Metal restorative material - Hg.
Usually used posterior or deeplingual pits of anterior.
Cost effective, long lasting.
Composite
Tooth colored restorative material.
Anterior/Posterior.
High Nobel Metal
Gold or semiprecious metals for inlays, onlays, crowns.
Porcelain
Some inlays, onlays, vaneers, crowns + PFM crowns.
Fixed Bridge: parts
Abutment- Pontic -Abutment