What ⏀ means
It marks an extra tooth in a dental chart. “Supernumerary” is the clinical term for one beyond the usual number.
A 1999 Unicode proposal included the family. A 2000 rationale describes dental drawings made with these signs and box-drawing strokes, but gives ⏀ no clinical meaning.
Related characters
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Dentistry Symbol Light Down And Horizontal With Circle
Another circle-marked member of the dental-symbol set, with its circle paired to a down-and-horizontal stroke.
Dentistry Symbol Light Vertical With Triangle
A triangle-marked member; a 2009 account uses it for an artificial spacer, a piece that preserves space, especially on a denture.
Dentistry Symbol Light Vertical And Wave
In the 2009 account, this wave-marked member abbreviates a group of teeth.
Questions people ask
1Is ⏀ a dental logo?
No. It is a chart mark. The ADA emblem is separate: it combines the rod of Asclepius with Δ and Ο.
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How to type or find ⏀
- Search it as
- dental chart · dental notation · supernumerary tooth · dentist symbol
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
⏀CSS
\23C0Unicode input
In hexadecimal Unicode input, enter 23C0 and confirm; keystrokes vary by app.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⏀
HTML hex
⏀
CSS content
content: "\23C0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%8F%80
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.