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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / September 2006Name this for me please
Is there any special name for any kind of teeth relative to their positions in the mouth that dentists use ?Whenever I go to meet my dentist for quarterly checkup and have him polish my teeth, he always counts and records something from each tooth into a piece of paper. Everytime he counts, he uses a some dental tool to slightly hit my gum, like a needle, and pretty painful even many hours later. > Is there any special name for any kind of teeth relative to their > positions in the mouth that dentists use ?Whenever I go to meet my > dentist for quarterly checkup and have him polish my teeth, he always > counts and records something from each tooth into a piece of paper. > Everytime he counts, he uses a some dental tool to slightly hit my gum, > like a needle, and pretty painful even many hours later. Just a guess--he's doing a periodontal probing. A thin probe is inserted between the tooth and gum and pushed down until it stops, then the measurement is recorded. It is one measure of the severity and progress of periodontal disease. IMO, if it's still hurting hours later, something is wrong--either you've got some significant inflamation or he's pushing the thing too darned hard! Here's a closeup of a perio probe, marked off in millimeters: http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/clive/cal/Dentistry/Website/Media/Workplace_Media/bigger _pics/prb01.jpg Steve  SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 > Here's a closeup of a perio probe, marked off in millimeters: > > http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/clive/cal/Dentistry/Website/Media/Workplace_Media/bigger _pics/prb01.jpg > > Steve ______________________________ Cool pic. - dentaldoc >> Here's a closeup of a perio probe, marked off in millimeters: >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > - dentaldoc It doesn't look that sharp, but if you lean hard enough... Steve Steven Bornfeld のメッセージ: > >> Here's a closeup of a perio probe, marked off in millimeters: > >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Steve Thanks for your answer, heh, if you need to measure it, fuzzy logics would be an appropriate choice :tongue: > Steven Bornfeld のメッセージ: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Thanks for your answer, heh, if you need to measure it, fuzzy logics > would be an appropriate choice :tongue: There is nothing wrong with measuring periodontal pockets (though I can't understand pain hours later). It isn't really that important that different dentists will get somewhat different pocket readings; what is important is that YOUR dentist uses consistant technique in use of the probe, so that he/she will be able to accurately assess changes in your periodontal situation OVER TIME. Steve |
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