Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics', Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Indian J Dent Res. 2022 Oct-Dec;33(4):459-461. doi: 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_696_22.
Several systems for designating and encoding teeth have been used in dentistry for more than 130 years. In our profession, patients are the primary stakeholders. However, the prevailing tooth numbering system, like the Federation Dentaire Internationale (FDI), is designed focussing the clinicians and does not include the perspective of patients, who have little idea regarding the depicted number of the tooth to be treated, written on the prescription given to them. Our undergraduate students also often get confused during their clinical work regarding the designated four segments in the current FDI tooth numbering system. This sometimes results in misinterpretation, leading to clinical mishaps. This innovative TT (Tikku and Tikku) system has been designed to fulfil the requirement for a more simpler and coherent system that is self-reflecting and includes the perception of the patients or any other concerned non-dental professional so that they relate easily to this system. Named after its inventors, the TT tooth numbering system has a simple and unique design that can also be implemented for wide clinical and forensic applications.
一百三十多年来，有几种用于指定和编码牙齿的系统在牙科领域得到了应用。在我们的行业中，患者是主要的利益相关者。然而，目前流行的牙齿编号系统，如国际牙科学联合会（FDI），是专为临床医生设计的，不包括患者的视角，他们对治疗中所描述的牙齿的编号几乎没有概念，而这些编号写在给他们的处方上。我们的本科生在临床工作中也经常对当前 FDI 牙齿编号系统中的四个指定部分感到困惑。这有时会导致误解，从而导致临床失误。这个创新的 TT（Tikku 和 Tikku）系统旨在满足更简单、更连贯的系统的需求，该系统是自我反映的，并包括患者或任何其他相关非牙科专业人员的感知，以便他们更容易理解这个系统。该系统以其发明者的名字命名，具有简单独特的设计，也可以广泛应用于临床和法医领域。
