Tooth Numbering System
Tooth Numbering System
Tooth Numbering System
Dr Asim Iqbal
• Purpose of Teeth
• Speech
• Mastication
• Esthetics
Dentition
• Primary Dentition
• Mixed Dentition
• Permanent Dentition
Dental Nomenclature
• By words
• Set, deciduous or permanent
• Jaw, mandible or maxillae
• Side, left or right
• Order within class
• Central or lateral ,first, second, third..
• Class, incisor, canine, premolar, molar
• Permanent mandibular right central incisor
• Of the many numbering system, Three most
common systems are described.
• Palmer notation system
• Universal numbering system
• Fdi system
• Numbering systems in dentistry serve as
abbreviations, instead of writing out the
entire name of a tooth, such as permanent
maxillary right central incisor, it is much
simpler to assign it a:
• Number
• Letter
• Symbol
Palmer Notation System
• Approved by ADA in 1947
• Tooth is represented by a number 1-8
(permanent) or a letter (A-E) (deciduous)
• Two lines indicates which quadrant the tooth
belong to
• A horizontal representing the occlusal plane
• A vertical represenating the midline
Universal Numbering System
• Palmer – Difficulty in keyboard typing
• ADA adopted the universal system in 1968
• Letters for deciduous teeth
• A-T
• Following a clock wise order from maxillary
right second molar to mandibular right second
molar
• Numbers for permanent teeth
• 1-32
• Following a clockwise order
Universal Tooth Numbering System
FDI Numbering System
• Proposed by FDI and Adopted by Who
• Each tooth is allocated a two – digit number
• Left designate the quadrant and the right
designates the tooth order
• Maxillary left deciduous lateral incisor 62
• Mandibular right permanent canine 43
3.The Federation Dentaire
Internationale Numbering System
(FDI).
• Some times we use the # before the two
digit(FDI) system to differentiate between
universal codes and fdi codes