Dental School Notes!

Guiding Principles of Carious Tissue Removal  to retain tooth and pulpal health as long as possible = AIM Preservation of dental tissues → non demineralized and remineralizable  Avoidance of pulp exposure  Provision of sound cavity margins to achieve an adequate peripheral seal  Controlling the lesion and inactivating remaining bacteria  Reversible vs irreversible pulpitis; pulpal inflamm/pain Rev...

CLASS V steps (summarized) Access → 330 FG Peripheral cavity removal w/ round #2 Round #6 or spoon excavator used for pulpal/axial walls *** using a larger bur  = removes less tissue  Outline form → 330  Caries removal is first done @ periphery and along DEJ  do until we see clean DEJ!  Explorer used for → assessment of surface texture only  be careful in deeper areas to not damage pulp  do not us...

Occlusal Curvatures and axial positions  Curve of spee: 2d curvature = buccal cusp tips of premolars and molars posteriorly, curvature begins @ tip of canines and curves upwards from anterior → posterior  Max molar roots = inclined MESIALLY Mandi molar roots = inclined DISTALLY  Curve of Wilson: the medio-lateral curvature of the occlusal plane of posterior teeth → complements the paths of the con...

Dental formula  A dental formula = indicates the dentiiton of only 1 side of the mouth but includes both MAX and MAND. Quadrants.  Must be multiplied by 2 to provide the number of teeth in entire dentition  PERM DENTAL FORMULA: I 2/2: C 1/1 : P 2/2; M3/ 3 = 32 TEETH TOTAL  BABY DENTAL FORMULA: I 2/2: C 1/1: M 2/2 = 10 TEETH TOTAL    General Eruption Pattern   Deciduous:   MAND Central incisor   MA...

Intro  Teeth are seperated into upper and lower arches  upper arch = maxillary and lower arch = mandible  Mandible = lower jar = movable  Midline = imaginary verticle line that divides the mouth into halves  The mouth = further divided into quadrants:  Maxillary upper right  Maxillary upper left  Mandibular lower right  Mandibular lower left   It's improtant to remember that the left is actual...