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Clinical Abbrev
Abbreviations
Definition | Term |
---|---|
Amalgam | am |
Twice a day | BID |
Blood Pressure | BP |
Bitewing x-ray | BWX |
Buccal | B |
Composite | comp |
Crown | Cr |
Carbocain | Carbo |
Dark gray | dg |
Dark yellow | dy |
Delivery | Del |
Distal | D |
Diagnosis | Dx |
Distoocclusal | DO |
Date of birth | DOB |
Denture | Den |
Emergency | emerg |
Exam | Ex |
Extration | ext |
Facial | F |
Fracture | FR |
Full series of x-rays | FMX |
Gold | AU |
Gray | g |
History | Hx |
Impacted | IMP |
Impression | imp |
Incisal | I |
Lidocaine | lido |
Lingual | L |
Laboratory | lab |
Mesial | M |
Mandibular | mand |
Maxillary | max |
Mesioocclusal | MO |
Mesiocclusodistal | MOD |
No charge | nc |
Oral hygiene | OH |
Oral hygiene instrustions | OHI |
Over the Counter | OTC |
Periapical | PA |
Postoperative | PO |
Prognosis | Px |
Prophylaxis | Pro |
Prescription | Rx |
Universal | u |
Removable Partial Denture | RPD |
Root Canal Treatment | RCT |
Return to office | RTo |
Three times a day | tid |
Treatment | TX |
Temporomandibular joint | TMJ |
Toothache | TA |
Yellow | y |