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Descriptions and Symbols
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Outlined and filled in with red when it needs to be done, blue when completed. | Amalgam Restoration |
| Outlined in red when it needs to be done, blue when completed. Some offices use a outlined red or blue circle with small dots. | Composite Restoration |
| Outlined and filled with diagonal lines - red when needs to be done and blue when complete. | Gold Crown Restoration - FGC |
| Outlined with a P inside in red or blue depending on status. Outlined in red or blue only in most offices. | Porcelain Restoration |
| Outlined with Criss Cross pattern or with SS or SSC inside the outline, red when needs to be done and blue when it is complete. | Stainless Steel Crown |
| Large X through multiple teeth in blue. | Multiple missing teeth |
| Blue circle around entire tooth and root. IMP or UE | Teeth that are impacted or unerupted |
| An arrow in the direction which the tooth is drifting or inclination near the tooth. | Teeth that are drifting/or inclined (ex. mesial drift) |
| An arrow up or down depending on arch | Tooth that is drifted in an overeruption/super eruption pattern. |
| Diagonal red line or 2 lines through a tooth or teeth | Teeth to be extracted |
| Circle and large X in blue. Most will use a large X through entire arch. | All missing teeth |
| Straight line through root and triangle at the end (apex0 in blue or red. | Tooth with root canal treatment, apicoectomy, and silver amalgam retrofill. |
| Straight red line through root only. | Teeth that need root canal therapy (treatment) |
| Straight blue line through root only. | Teeth with completed root canal |
| Red circle at the apex or tip or root. | Tooth with an abcess |
| Outlined crown of tooth on facial/buccal with occlusal and/or lingual is outlined and diagonal lines going through only this area. | Tooth with a porcelain fused to metal crown |
| Pontic will be marked with a X where tooth is missing. | Missing tooth area in a bridge and name of the fake tooth on bridge is called Pontic |
| Abutment has teeth still present but are the anchor teeth for a bridge | Fixed bridge will have teeth that anchor the Pontic tooth in place with a bridge. Abutment teeth are the teeth still present but have crown/bridge preps on them. |
| Extra tooth symbol noted where extra tooth is located in blue | Supernumerary teeth |
| Outlined facial of tooth in blue or red and the lingual portion is outlined in blue or red with diagonal lines with a hook sign on two adjacent teeth on both sides | Maryland bridge |
| Circle in Red or Blue on surface with the Initials under the root of material type ex. IRM | Tooth with temporary restoration |
| Triangle in blue or red in the interproximal area of filling material that extends in the IP area. | Overhang on a restoration |
| Straight line or jagged line across either or both buccal/facial or lingual areas where root is exposed. | Recession |
| S in blue or red | Sealant |
| Roman Numerals I, II, III on Buccal/Facial of tooth or under root apex. | Mobility |
| Red outline and filled in on Occlusal surface | Occlusal Caries |
| 2 straight lines II in between teeth | Open contacts or Diastema interproximal of #8,#9 |
| ZigZag lines in red or blue where the fracture occurs | Fractured tooth or root |
| Blue or Red outlined only on the front side of the crown | Porcelain Veneer |
| Root outlined with several lines going across sideways or bar bell symbol in red or blue | Dental Implant |
| X symbols on each tooth or teeth missing and teeth crowns outlined in a box showing what is missing | Partial Denture / Full Denture |
| Square outlined notation at the gingival margin (Class V) in red or blue | Class V Composite |
| Square outlined and filled notation at the gingival margin (Class V) in red or blue | Class V Amalgam |
| Red outlined around a blue filled in area or blue outlined area indicating that a restoration is present and now the red outline indicates new caries | Recurrent Caries |
| Straight line through the root with a screw attachment in rooth towards crown | Post and Core |
| Red markings | Needed treatment to be done |
| Blue markings | Existing work |
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