Methods of oral examination

There are many methods of oral examination, mainly including the following points: 1, visual examination, observe whether the patient's maxillofacial symmetry, there is no deformity, whether there is caries in the dentition, loose. 2, suggest that the patient do open-close movement, check the temporomandibular joint, determine whether there is a snap, mouth opening degree, mouth opening type is abnormal. 3, with the help of mouth mirror, tweezers and other instruments to explore, or percussion, to determine whether there is pain in the teeth. 4. Take full-mouth tomograms and apical films to diagnose the depth of caries and judge the dental pulp status. 5. Make models to study the occlusion relationship of dentition. 6. Conduct pulp vitality tests to assist cold diagnosis and hot diagnosis to diagnose whether pulpitis or pulp necrosis occurs.