INTERNATIONAL DENTAL CHARTS

Helping dentists to decode dental charts

CAVITY (DECAY)                              SYMBOL

 

C, CAR (carie), AC (arrested carie), Z - UK


C - Japan, Norway, Pakistan


C (karies) - Germany


CI (first degree), CII (dentine involved), CIII (pulp involved) - Finland


Car, aca - Australia


Carie - Italy


Carie - Costa Rica


Carie - France


Cárie- Brazil


Cav - Iraq, Turkey


Cav (car) - Thailand


Cavidad de carie - Colombia, Chile


D (decayed) - Lybia, United Arab Emirates


K (karijes) - Croatia


Karies - Denmark


Karie (kavita) - Indonesia


Ubytek - Poland


Z (gross caries - used sparingly) - WinID3 system


τερηδόνα - Greece


-حفرة - Syria


龋洞 - China


 

  

 In a diagrammatic representation of the tooth, the cavity is marked by highlightning the surface but not blocking it out 

(Australia,Barbados, Brazil, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia)


 

(Croatia)


(Jordan, Malaysia) 


Restoration to be replaced 

(UK) 


 

 

Loss of tooth crown: mark a 'X' on the decayed crown 

(Lebanon, Russia)


 

CAVITY (DECAY) -  OTHER                                                                        

 

C w (carious watch/incipient) - Canada


 

C R (carious recurrent) - Canada


 

DF (deep fissure) - Malaysia


Dt (decayed teeth) - ADA


 

KIV (keep in view) - Malaysia