Direct Retainers Part 2 Flashcards
- Suprabulge
(2)
– Retentive arm approaches undercut from above the survey line
– Circumferential, Akers, Circlet
* Synonyms
- Infrabulge
(2)
– Retentive arm approaches undercut from below survey line
– Bar clasps
Bar Clasps
* Indicated:
(2)
– Distal extension RPD
– Tooth-supported RPD, esthetics factor
Bar Clasps
* Most common
(2)
– I-bar clasp
– ½ (modified) T-bar clasp
Bar Clasps
* Advantages
(4)
– More esthetic
– More flexible
– Less conducive to caries (less tooth coverage)
– Wider range of undercut adaptability
* MF, Mid-F (I-bar)
* DF ( ½ T-bar)
Bar Clasps
* Disadvantages
(4)
– Less bracing
– Possible tissue impingement
– Food impaction
– More difficult to repair or replace
Bar Clasps Rules
* Approach arm
(5)
– Must not impinge on soft tissue
– Tapered
* (Flexible minor connector: exception to rule)
– Cross gingival margin at 90 degrees
– Extend onto abutment tooth to the height of
contour
– Not positioned over soft tissue undercut: food
trap, tissue irritation
Selection of RPD Clasps
* Tooth-supported RPDs :
* Tooth-tissue supported RPDs :
– Class III RPD, short-span Class IV
– Class I & II RPD, long-span Class IV
Tooth-supported RPD Clasps
* Circumferential (Circlet)
(3)
– Most common
– Retentive undercut remote from edentulous
area
– Reciprocal clasp
Tooth-supported RPD Clasps
* I-bar
(3)
– Mesiofacial, Midfacial undercut
– Reciprocal clasp
– Tissue undercut prevents use
Tooth-supported RPD Clasps
* ½ T-bar
(4)
–Retentive undercut adjacent
to edentulous area
–Distal facial undercut
–Reciprocal clasp
–Tissue undercut prevents use
Tooth-supported RPD Clasps
* Reverse Circlet (Hairpin)
(3)
–Retentive undercut adjacent
to edentulous area
–Used when tissue undercut present
* ½ T or I-bar cannot be used
–Excess tooth coverage, disadvantage
Tooth-supported RPD Clasps
* Embrasure clasp
(4)
– Used when retainer is
necessary in a dentate area
–Used in Class IV & Class III arch with no
modification space
–Also used in Class II tooth-tissue
supported RPD, when no modification
space exists
Fulcrum Line
Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms
- an imaginary line, connecting occlusal rests,
around which a partial removable dental
prosthesis tends to rotate under masticatory
forces. The determinants for the fulcrum line
are usually the cross arch occlusal rests
located adjacent to the tissue borne
components
Tooth-tissue supported RPD Clasp Selection
* Rotation of the RPD toward the residual
ridge around the horizontal fulcrum line
(3)
– Factor in Class I & II extension RPDs
– RPD potentially functions as a lever
– Can result in detrimental clasp
forces on the abutment teeth
Tooth-tissue supported RPD Clasp Selection
* Why rotation of the RPD toward the
residual ridge around the horizontal
fulcrum line?
(3)
– Difference in potential movement of abutment
& mucoperiosteum over residual ridge
– 0.25mm periodontal ligament, 2mm
mucoperiosteum
– 0.25mm = 0.01” (related to retentive clasp)
Distal Extension RPD Clasp Selection
* Distal abutment retentive clasp should
NOT be anterior to terminal rest fulcrum
line
(2)
– Distal rest/Distal guide plane
- Mesial rest/Distal guide plane
– Distal rest/Distal guide plane
(2)
- Class I lever
- Torquing force on abutment