Dental Notation Guide

The Palmer’s notation is the kind of method extensively used by dental professionals to specify individual teeth. In this kind of notation, the mouth is evenly divided into four parts namely the quadrants. They are located at the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right quadrant respectively. On those individual quadrants, each tooth is identified with specific terms. To use and come about the Palmer notation, one would simply combine the designated names of the quadrant and the tooth. For instance, the central on the upper right side of the mouth is known as the upper right central.