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sesto

English translation: tooth #6

11:00 Jan 13, 2015
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general) / Radiology
Italian term or phrase: sesto
Sesto dente:

"Per analisi sull’intera arcata nei bambini o per studi localizzati su distretti limitati come un’intera emiarcata o la dentizione frontale (fino al sesto) in un adulto".
ENRICO HONNORAT
Italy
Local time: 10:53
English translation:tooth #6
Explanation:
Dentists use a numbering system for teeth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Numbering_System

"Draw a line through the root that requires a post; then continue the line into the gingival one third of the crown, making a triangle shape (refer to tooth 6)."
Practice Management for the Dental Team
By Betty Ladley Finkbeiner, Charles Allan

"Figure 4: Periapical radiolucency related to tooth #6. Figure 5: Left carotid calcification (arrow). Figure 6: Midline calcification consistent with pineal gland ..."
http://www.3ddx.com/pdf/Implant_report_sample.pdf

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Fiona Grace Peterson
Italy
Local time: 10:53
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4 +1sixth
Cedric Randolph
4 +1tooth #6
Fiona Grace Peterson


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sixth


Explanation:
see: http://www.dentalcare.com/en-US/dental-education/continuing-...

Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 10:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian

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agree  philgoddard
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tooth #6


Explanation:
Dentists use a numbering system for teeth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Numbering_System

"Draw a line through the root that requires a post; then continue the line into the gingival one third of the crown, making a triangle shape (refer to tooth 6)."
Practice Management for the Dental Team
By Betty Ladley Finkbeiner, Charles Allan

"Figure 4: Periapical radiolucency related to tooth #6. Figure 5: Left carotid calcification (arrow). Figure 6: Midline calcification consistent with pineal gland ..."
http://www.3ddx.com/pdf/Implant_report_sample.pdf



Fiona Grace Peterson
Italy
Local time: 10:53
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Pompeo Lattanzi
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