Palmer notation or afterwards; hence 3/ is ┘ and /5 is ┌ Daniel Johnson has put together a Palmer Tooth Notation TrueType font called FreePalmer. It can be downloaded: handwritten Palmer tooth notations is available for download as well One advantage of Palmer notation is that it can produce a very graphical image, akin to a 'map' of the dentition; tooth transpositions or edentulous spaces can easily be depicted if desired. It would also be feasible to introduce additional alphabetic characters or other symbols, for example to denote supernumerary teeth or bridge pontics, to which a purely numerical method such as the
Dorothea Palmer mounting a defence for Palmer in what would later be known as The Eastview Birth Control Trial. It lasted from 1936 to 1937. During the trial Palmer was the subject of attacks and abuse by those who opposed her. In one incident a man pulled her into an alley and attempted to rape her, telling her that he'd "show you what it's like without any birth control." Palmer managed to knee him in the groin and escape. On March 17, 1937, the court acquitted Palmer on the basis that her actions had passed the criminal code's "pro bono publico" clause: