title: Dental notation for primary teeth: a review and suggestion of a novel system.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tooth designation systems are routinely used in dental practice, for identification of teeth, recording dental data and communication among dental professionals. There are various dental notations systems for the primary and permanent dentition. The most popular are the Zsigmondy-Palmer system, the Universal Numbering System, and the FDI system. Others includes the Victor Haderup system, the Woelfel system, and the MICAP system. The majority of dental notations are focused on permanent teeth and are modified for primary teeth, even though the latter erupt before the permanent dentition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Advantages and disadvantages of notations for primary dentition are discussed and compared to a new alphanumeric system for primary teeth which is considered simple and convenient.
authors.affiliation: AME'S Dental College, Hospital, & Research centre Raichur, Karnataka, India. Associate professor, Dept. Paediatric & Preventive Dentistry.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Havale
authors.affiliation: AME'S Dental College, Hospital, & Research centre Raichur, Karnataka, India. Post graduate student, Dept. Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Sheetal
authors.affiliation: AME'S Dental College, Hospital, & Research centre Raichur, Karnataka, India. Assistant professor, Dept. Oral medicine and Dental radiology.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.affiliation: AME'S Dental College, Hospital, & Research centre Raichur, Karnataka, India. Assistant professor, Dept. Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hemant Kumar
authors.affiliation: Head, Dept. Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry SDM College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Dharwad, Karnataka.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Anegundi
authors.affiliation: Principal & Head, Dept. Paediatric & Preventive Dentistry Sudha Rustagi College of Dental sciences and Research, Haryana, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Inushekar
mesh_terms: D003792:Dental Records / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous