Tooth numbering, surfaces and directions, the anatomy behind the vocabulary, reading a chart, procedure and specialty terms, and charting cleanly in the software.
6 lessons, about 60 minutes of reading in total. Free, no signup.
Tooth types and their jobs, arches and quadrants, primary versus permanent teeth, and the three numbering systems you will meet in a US practice.
Start this lesson →The five surfaces, the directional vocabulary, and how surface letters combine into restoration notation you can read out loud with confidence.
Start this lesson →The layers of a tooth, the tissues holding it in place, and the landmarks that the rest of dental terminology is named after.
Start this lesson →Existing, planned and completed work, status flags, colour conventions, and what the numbers in a periodontal chart actually record.
Start this lesson →Diagnostic, preventive, restorative, endodontic, periodontal, prosthodontic, surgical and orthodontic vocabulary, and which specialty owns each one.
Start this lesson →Where the vocabulary lands in practice management software, what clean charting protects, and the habits that keep a record readable.
Start this lesson →Work through the lessons in order. Each one ends with exercises you can do in your own office and five short questions to check yourself. Nothing here is a certification or a credential: it is free training material written to be genuinely useful on the job.
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