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Mouth. In the short term, I have borrowed a picture from Dayo Dental, as an aide in communicating about my own Tooth infection & Dental Health. Tooth numbering starts with your Upper Right Wisdom Tooth, which is Tooth #1. The numbering continues around in front, so that your 2 front teeth, on the top, which in America are called "Buck Teeth", are Teeth #8 and #9. #8 is your Right Front Buck Tooth. #9 is your Left Front Buck Tooth. Your Upper Left Wisdom Tooth is Tooth #16. Your Lower Left Wisdom Tooth is Tooth #17. The numbering then continues sequentially around the front, till it gets to your Lower Right Wisdom Tooth, which is Tooth #32. If you ever look at your receipt from a visit to the dentist, hopefully they have itemized the work they did on your teeth. You may find a notation like #12, 2 surface, or you may see #12 with notations like "#12 LD", short for Lingual Distal. Dentists tend to charge for cavities, according to the number of surfaces that the filling comprises. Lingual, Distal, Mesial, Buccal, and Occlusal are some of the terms used to describe the exact location of the tooth. For many of us Humans, and also many animals, cavities tend to accumulate along the gum-line, which is where food residues accumulate, and Tartar, Plaque, and other tooth specific acidic substances accumulate on our teeth. Surface notations like Lingual & Buccal tell us which surface the tooth is on, but they don't tell us how far down from the chewing surface the cavity is. Their is no height information, in other words, unless the Cavity is on the Occlusal surface, the chewing surface, the Top of the Tooth. If this was about drawing 3D images of human teeth, then we might need to know that distance. However, the way it works out for Us People, the cavity is usually at the gum line. Together, the Tooth Numbering System, the Tooth Surface names, and simple terms like "Gum-line" help us with the Geo-locating part of Dental Care. Copyright 2019 Roger E. Bratt All Rights Reserved. No Re-use without Written Permission. For Written Permission, contact RogerEBratt@Gmail.com |