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Positional Tooth Numbering

Assignment of tooth numbers based upon the location of the teeth. This is in contrast tomorphological tooth numbering, which assigns a tooth number based upon position,the shape of the tooth. For most cases, the tooth number assignment would be the same.Differences arise only in unusual cases.

Committee

Interdisciplinary

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update:2015 Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information. ANSI/National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2011. Source link