Oral Health and Dental Management

Classification and prognosis evaluation of individual teeth-A comprehensive approach

25^th World Congress on Dentistry and Oral Health

March 14-15, 2019 | London, UK

Nachum Samet and Anna Jotkowitz

Harvard School of Dental Medicine, United States

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Following a complete evaluation of the patient, treatment planning requires the analysis of individual teeth, accurate diagnosis and prognosis evaluation. Currently, there is no accepted comprehensive, standardized and meaningful classification system for the evaluation of individual teeth that offers a common language for dental professionals. A search was conducted reviewing existing literature relating to classification and prognostication of individual teeth. The dimensions determined to be of importance to gain an overall perspective of the individual relative tooth prognosis were the periodontal, restorative, endodontic and occlusal plane perspectives. The authors present a comprehensive classification system by conjugating the literature and currently accepted concepts in dentistry. This easy-to-use system assesses the condition of individual teeth and enables a relative prognostic value to be attached to those teeth based on tooth condition and patient-level factors.

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E-mail: nachum_samet@hsdm.harvard.edu