Dental Terminology - Theraputic Abbreviations

Question 1

AL

Answer 1

attachment loss - the amount in millimeters of detached gingiva apical to the enamel/cementium junction (CEJ) it can be thought of as the number of millimeters from the CEJ to the point of gingival attachment

Question 2

BE/I

Answer 2

biopsy excisional/incisional

Question 3

BFR

Answer 3

buccal fold removal

Question 4

BR

Answer 4

bridge

Question 5

CA

Answer 5

caries

Question 6

C

Answer 6

crowded teeth

Question 7

CEJ

Answer 7

cementium enamel junction

Question 8

CM/PFM

Answer 8

crown metal/porcelain fused to metal

Question 9

DC

Answer 9

dentigerous cyst (unerupted tooth with cystic bone)

Question 10

E

Answer 10

enamel defect

Question 11

EP

Answer 11

epulis

Question 12

F I

Answer 12

furcation class 1 - small defect

Question 13

F II

Answer 13

furcation class II - more then halfway through

Question 14

F III

Answer 14

furcation class III - perforating

Question 15

FAR/GG/LS/RB

Answer 15

flap apical repositioning/gingival graft/lateral sliding/reverse bevel

Question 16

FB

Answer 16

foreign body

Question 17

FCR

Answer 17

flap-coronal repositioning

Question 18

Fen

Answer 18

fenestration/fistula (apical abscess)

Question 19

FG/FV

Answer 19

flouride gel/flouride varnish

Question 20

FXO/C

Answer 20

fractured open/fractured closed

Question 21

GH

Answer 21

gingival hyperplasia

Question 22

IL/OL

Answer 22

inlay/onlay

Question 23

IO

Answer 23

interceptive orthodontics

Question 24

M I / M II / M III

Answer 24

mobile tooth class 1 (slightly), class II (moderate) class III (very)

Question 25

O

Answer 25

missing tooth

Question 26

OAI/A/R

Answer 26

orthodontic appliance install/adjust/removal

Question 27

OE

Answer 27

occlusal equilibration

Question 28

OI/W

Answer 28

osseous implant/wiring

Question 29

OM

Answer 29

oral mass

Question 30

ONF

Answer 30

oronasal fistula

Question 31

OP

Answer 31

odontoplasty

Question 32

OST

Answer 32

osteomyelitis

Question 33

(P)

Answer 33

periodontal pocket in mm (i.e. 3 = 3mm periodontal pocket - not the same as attachment loss)

Question 34

PA

Answer 34

periapical bone lysis

Question 35

PC

Answer 35

pulp cap

Question 36

P&FS

Answer 36

pit and fissure sealer

Question 37

PS

Answer 37

perio surgery

Question 38

PSP

Answer 38

perio splint

Question 39

RA/C/I

Answer 39

restoration amalgam/composite/lonomer

Question 40

RC

Answer 40

root canal treatment

Question 41

RCS

Answer 41

root canal surgical

Question 42

RD/R

Answer 42

retained deciduous tooth/root

Question 43

RL/IR/RR

Answer 43

resorptive lesion/internal resprption/root resorption

Question 44

ROT

Answer 44

rotated tooth

Question 45

RPC/O

Answer 45

root planing closed/open

Question 46

RX

Answer 46

root extraction

Question 47

SI/E

Answer 47

staining intrinsic/extrinsic

Question 48

STM

Answer 48

stomatitis

Question 49

SUP

Answer 49

supernumerary tooth

Question 50

Sym/s

Answer 50

mandibular syphasis seperation

Question 51

TA/TL

Answer 51

tooth avulsion/luxation

Question 52

VP

Answer 52

vital pulpotomy

Question 53

VT/NVT

Answer 53

vital tooth/nonvital tooth

Question 54

W

Answer 54

worn tooth

Question 55

WW

Answer 55

wait and watch

Question 56

X/XS/XSS

Answer 56

extraction/hemisect/surgical extraction