i have been for another check up and the dentist uses abreviations eg do and aclouso does any one know dentist abreviation interested to know thanks
2007-02-01 09:56:01 · 7 answers · asked by pinkkisskat 1 in Health ➔ Dental
I'm a dentist.
When we diagnose cavities, we tell our assistants (and/or hygienists) what surfaces of the tooth the filling will include.
-buccal (also called facial) means the cheek-side of your tooth.
-lingual (also called palatal) means the tongue-side of your tooth.
-occlusal (also called incisal, when addressing front teeth) means the biting surface
-mesial means the side closest to the midline of your dental arches (i.e. between your upper and lower center teeth)
-distal means the side furthest from the midline.
So, when we say a tooth needs a "D.O.", it means that the tooth needs a distal-occlusal filling, i.e. a two-surface filling.
"Endo" refers to a root canal.
"PFM" refers to crown (and stands for porcelain-fused-to-metal), as most of the crowns we do are actually PFM.
2007-02-01 10:08:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You Will hear things Distal, Distal Occlusal, Misial, Misial Occlusal
Palatal or they might just abbreviate it to DO or MO or MOD.
Basically if you divide each tooth into fifths, each bit of it has a different name i.e those listed above. So if the dentist sees you have a cavity in the middle it would be an occlusal or if it was bigger ( the middle to the back along the top surface it would be a distal occlusal (DO). Sounds complicated but is really simple once you get used to it. It is a bit like North South East and West so sometimes you get North but sometimes it is North East.
Just a location really.
2007-02-01 10:06:39 · answer #2 · answered by Jolly Jo Jo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, don't understand the "eg do"....I think the spelling is not right. The word "aclouso" is probably "occlusal" which means the biting surface of the tooth, not one of the sides. An "occlusal" cavity is one on the biting surface of the tooth. An "occlusal amalgam" is a filling placed on the biting (or cutting) edges of the tooth.
Saw Dr's answer. If "eg do" is really "endo", then he's talking about endodontict treatment on a tooth, or having a root canal done on the tooth as the treatment plan.
2007-02-01 10:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by august51944 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi ia am a qualified dental nurse, so should hopefully know the answer!
The abs that the dentist uses are abs for the fillings that you need.
Dos are Disto/Occlusal fillings , the distal surface of the tooth is the surface of the tooth furthest away from the mid line of the dental arch, in other words the back of the tooth and the occlusal surface is the biting surface of your molar teeth.
The dentist uses these terms when the dental nurse is charting what the patient has in the mouth and what they need!
Hope this helps!
2007-02-02 07:25:21 · answer #4 · answered by The Original Highbury Gal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are some of the surfaces of fillings you need. DO means, distal occlusal, which the chewing surface and the back of your tooth.
2007-02-01 10:03:41 · answer #5 · answered by justine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Endo= means Endodontics treatment (Root Canal)
Occluso = usually means closure of teeth/ Surface at which you bit upon
2007-02-01 10:02:50 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. Ayman El Nigoumi 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
DO- distal occlusal which is the surfaces of you teeth
2007-02-01 10:09:59 · answer #7 · answered by Laura D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋