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Clinical Abbrev
Abbreviations
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Amalgam | am |
| Twice a day | BID |
| Blood Pressure | BP |
| Bitewing x-ray | BWX |
| Buccal | B |
| Composite | comp |
| Crown | Cr |
| Carbocain | Carbo |
| Dark gray | dg |
| Dark yellow | dy |
| Delivery | Del |
| Distal | D |
| Diagnosis | Dx |
| Distoocclusal | DO |
| Date of birth | DOB |
| Denture | Den |
| Emergency | emerg |
| Exam | Ex |
| Extration | ext |
| Facial | F |
| Fracture | FR |
| Full series of x-rays | FMX |
| Gold | AU |
| Gray | g |
| History | Hx |
| Impacted | IMP |
| Impression | imp |
| Incisal | I |
| Lidocaine | lido |
| Lingual | L |
| Laboratory | lab |
| Mesial | M |
| Mandibular | mand |
| Maxillary | max |
| Mesioocclusal | MO |
| Mesiocclusodistal | MOD |
| No charge | nc |
| Oral hygiene | OH |
| Oral hygiene instrustions | OHI |
| Over the Counter | OTC |
| Periapical | PA |
| Postoperative | PO |
| Prognosis | Px |
| Prophylaxis | Pro |
| Prescription | Rx |
| Universal | u |
| Removable Partial Denture | RPD |
| Root Canal Treatment | RCT |
| Return to office | RTo |
| Three times a day | tid |
| Treatment | TX |
| Temporomandibular joint | TMJ |
| Toothache | TA |
| Yellow | y |