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2. Bridge (dentistry) - Wikipedia

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   The total number of units in a bridge is equal to the number of pontics plus the number of abutment teeth. [1] Saddle: The area on the alveolar ridge which is edentulous where at least one missing tooth is to be reinstated. [3] Connector: Joins the pontic to the retainer or two retainers together. Connectors may be fixed or movable. [3]

3. Universal Numbering System - Wikipedia

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   Universal Numbering System. Universal numbering system. This is a dental practitioner view, so tooth number 1, the rear upper tooth on the patient's right, appears on the left of the chart. The Universal Numbering System, sometimes called the "American System", is a dental notation system commonly used in the United States. [ 1][ 2]

4. Dental notation - Wikipedia

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   The FDI World Dental Federation notation ("FDI notation" or "ISO 3950" [ 1]) is widely used by dental professionals internationally to identify and describe a specific tooth. The FDI notation uses a two-digit numbering system in which the first digit represents a tooth's quadrant and the second digit represents the number of the tooth from the ...

5. Palmer notation - Wikipedia

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   Palmer notation (sometimes called the " Military System" and named for 19th-century American dentist Dr. Corydon Palmer from Warren, Ohio [ 1]) is a dental notation (tooth numbering system). Despite the adoption of the FDI World Dental Federation notation (ISO 3950) in most of the world and by the World Health Organization, the Palmer notation ...

6. Resin-retained bridge - Wikipedia

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   Resin-retained bridge. A resin-retained bridge (also known as resin-bonded-bridge or resin-bonded fixed dental prosthesis ( RBFDP )) is a bridge (a fixed dental prosthesis) replacing a missing tooth that relies for its retention on a composite resin cement. It is one of many available dental restoration methods which is considered minimally ...

7. FDI World Dental Federation notation - Wikipedia

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   FDI World Dental Federation notation (also "FDI notation" or "ISO 3950 notation") is the world's most commonly used dental notation (tooth numbering system). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is designated by the International Organization for Standardization as standard ISO 3950 "Dentistry — Designation system for teeth and areas of the oral cavity".