What colors are used for dental charting?
When completing a patient’s chart, color indications and symbols are used to indicate current condition and restorative services required. Red indicates dentistry that needs to be performed and blue indicates dentistry that has been completed.
What does red and blue mean in dental charting?
Blue = Treatment charted to patient history. Red = Treatment plan.
What does red mean on dental chart?
Solid red – is used to show caries (decay) or other conditions that require attention. Solid blue outlined in red – used to show that a restoration is resent but must be replaced.
What does TX mean in dental terms?
Tx – Treatment. UL – Upper left quadrant. Also called Quadrant 2.
Which color is used when charting during an examination to indicate that treatment is required?
Red symbols indicate treatment that needs to be completed during future dental appointments.) Once this work is completed, the assistant will erase or mark over the red with blue or black to indicate that the work has been finished.
How do I read a perio chart?
The Meanings of the Measurements
- 0-3mm without bleeding: Perfect!
- 1-3mm with bleeding: Early signs of gingivitis.
- 3-5mm with no bleeding: This is an indication that there is a potential for gum disease.
- 3-5mm with bleeding: This is an early stage of gum disease or the beginning of periodontitis.
What are tooth codes?
Naming permanent teeth under Universal Numbering System
- Number 1: 3rd Molar commonly known as wisdom tooth.
- Number 2: 2nd Molar.
- Number 3: 1st Molar.
- Number 4: 2nd Bicuspid also known as 2nd premolar.
- Number 5: 1st Bicuspid or 1st premolar.
- Number 6: Cuspid or canine.
- Number 7: Lateral incisor (upper right)
How the teeth are numbered?
Universal method – starting at the rear right upper molar and preceding to the rear left upper molar, teeth are numbered 1 to 16. Then, the bottom teeth are numbered from left to right 17 to 32. This numbering system allows for all 32 teeth, including wisdom teeth, to be present.
What does F F mean in dentistry?
PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY APPROVED ABBREVIATIONS
| F | facial tooth surface |
|---|---|
| FFP | fresh frozen plasma |
| FH | family history |
| Fl, F2 | fluoride, topical application |
| F/U | follow-up |