We need a term represent the chunks of material have actually been put in teeth
in order to restore them. The reason for this is that during a single
restoration procedure a portion of restoration material will often span
multiple surfaces. Thus, when a restoration fails, it is not enough to say that
the surface failed. Rather, the whole portion of material, which may span
multiple surfaces, failed.
In the code (see eaglesoft-fillings.lisp), I have represented the relation
between the material and the surface restored using the 'is dental restoration
of' relation like so:
procedure_instance <- instance of tooth restoration procedure
material_instance <- instance of dental restoration material
surface_instance <- instance of surface enamel of tooth
for each surface_instance that is restored during procedure_instance
material_instance 'is dental restoration of' surface_instance
A proposed definition for the term could be:
surface filling =def. a portion of dental restoration material that restores
(i.e., 'is dental restoration of') one or more tooth surfaces
Question:
Do we need similar terms for crowns, inlays, and onlays?
Original issue reported on code.google.com by wddun...@gmail.com on 5 May 2015 at 8:50
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
wddun...@gmail.com
on 5 May 2015 at 8:50