International tooth numbering in queries

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International tooth numbering in queries

Post by Mifa » Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:58 pm

We're using OD 6.7. I'm building a custom query for the procedurelog table. I need to show the tooth number using the international system numbering, not the US one. Is there a simple way to do that? Has this been addressed in a more recent version?

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Re: International tooth numbering in queries

Post by jordansparks » Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:37 pm

I don't think that has been addressed.
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Re: International tooth numbering in queries

Post by Lorita » Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:00 pm

Open office does not have the ability to use FDI World Dental Federation Two-Digit Notation (international)?
We primarily use this in Canada, please advise as I am considering to use Open Office and this would be a definite consideration.
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Re: International tooth numbering in queries

Post by jordansparks » Fri Feb 04, 2011 5:14 am

Open Dental definitely does have very good support for FDI notation. I was wrong. I just tested it, and as long as you run the query from inside Open Dental, it will reformat the tooth numbers.
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Re: International tooth numbering in queries

Post by Mifa » Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:11 am

I guess I will have to upgrade to a newer version to get it to work, it definitely does not in 6.7.

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Re: International tooth numbering in queries

Post by jordansparks » Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:25 am

The column name in the result must be toothnum; capitalization is not important. I don't think anything has changed in newer versions. So it sort of depends on how you write the query. For example, it won't work in the WHERE clause, only in the result set.
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Re: International tooth numbering in queries

Post by Mifa » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:49 am

That was it. Leaving the column header to toothnum fixed it. That works for me. Thanks!

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