Use this dialog to search using dental parameters.
Select the scope of the search by choosing from the 
drop down box.
Search Scope provides five alternative strategies for matching:
- Position - The entered data is matched tooth by tooth.
Group (1-3, 4-5, 6-8) - The entered data is matched within a group (anteriors, premolars or molars).
This search could be especially useful if there is a doubt as to whether a particular tooth is (for example)
a first or second pre-molar or a first or second,or second or third, molar.Quadrant - The entered data is matched against the whole quadrant.
Jaw - The entered data is matched against the whole jaw (maxilla or mandible).
Dentition - The entered data is matched against the whole dentition (maxilla and mandible).
Select the operator of the search by choosing from the 
drop down box.
Search operator provides four choices::
- Same weight - Both files must have the exact same weight behind the dental codes to count a match. Every dental code have a corresponding weight equivalent to the severity of treatment. Any treatment can be replaced by a more severe treatment, i.e. a filling can be replaced by a crown, but can not become an untreated surface, and all kinds of fillings have the same weight.
- Same or evolved weight - Both files must have the same or evolved weight behind the dental codes to count a match. A PM crown is then a possible match to an AM filling, as the crown might not have been registered by the AM information source.
Same code - Both files must have the exact same dental codes to count a match.
Same tree - Codes from the same tree path are matches. This is seldom used, and not as relevant with the new reduced dental code set.
Click the 
button to execute the search which opens the Dental Search Results window.
