Archive for February, 2008

February 29th, 2008

Identifying the Permanent Teeth

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After the primary teeth has erupted the Permanent Teeth comes in. These teeth are gleaned as the secondary set of teeth that will be developed and formed. These set of teeth are called permanent specifically because they do not shed like the primary teeth does. For the record, there are 32 [...]


February 28th, 2008

Detecting the Primary Teeth

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Detecting the Primary Teeth
The Primary Teeth are characterized by teeth that possess crowns usually formed in the early stages of a newly born. The “baby” teeth are typically concealed in a child’s jawbones with the eruption taking place during the first two and a half years. After this stage, the [...]


February 26th, 2008

How Universal Numbering System Works

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The Universal Numbering System is adopted by the American Dental Association. This method is generally implemented by dental professionals in the United States with the modified version being employed the most especially as insurance for children. This modified system uses the alphabetical letters A to T as a replacement for the [...]


February 25th, 2008

Zsigmondy System

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Palmer notation is a system used by dentists to associate information to a specific tooth.
It was originally termed the Zsigmondy system after the Austrian dentist Adolf Zsigmondy who developed the idea in 1861, using a Zsigmondy cross to record quadrants of tooth positions.[2]. Adult teeth were numbered 1 to 8, and the child primary dentition [...]


February 25th, 2008

Veneers vs Whitening?

Posted by editor in Dental Health

by mheo soriano

Teeth whitening is a process that whitens mildly discolored teeth. Cosmetic dentists will usually steer some people who are interested in veneers to the simpler alternative of whitening, perhaps combined with some simple orthodontic alignment. The placement of dental veneers requires the “shaping” of all teeth which are fitted with the custom-designed [...]


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