direct retainers part 2 Flashcards
retentive arm approaches undercut from below the survey line
infrabulge
-bar clasps
retentive arm approaches undercut from ABOVE survey line
suprabuldge
-circumferential, akers, circlet
circumferential
suprabulge
bar clasps
t clasp
1/2 T clasp
I-bar
infrabulge
bar clasps indicated:
- distal extension RPD
- tooth-supported RPD, esthetics factor
most common bar clasps
I-bar
1/2(modified) T bar clasp
advantages and disadvantages to bar clasps
adv:
1. more esthetic
2. more flexible
3. less conducive to caries (less tooth coverage)
4. wider range of undercut adaptability
- MF, mid-F (I-bar)
-DF (1/2 T bar)
disadv:
1. less bracing
2. possible tissue impingement
3. food impaction
bar clasp rules for approach arm
- must not impinge on soft tissue
- tapered
- cross gingival margin at 90 degrees
- extend onto abutment tooth to HOC
- not positioned over soft tissues undercut: food trap, tissue irritation
selection of RPD classes.
- tooth-supported RPDs:
- Tooth-tissue supported RPDs:
- tooth-supported RPD:
- class III, short span class IV - tooth-tissue supported RPD:
-class I and II, long-span class IV(missing all anterior teeth)
tooth supported RPD clasps:
- circumferential
-most common
retentive undercut remote from endentulous area
-reciprocal clasp - I-bar
-mesiofacial, midfacial undercut
-reciprocal clasp
-tissue undercut prevents use - 1/2 T bar
-retentive undercut adjacent to endentulous area
-distal-facial undercut
-reciprocal clasp
-tissue undercut prevents use - reverse circlet (hairpin)
-retentive undercut adjacent to edentulous area
-*used when tissue undercut present and T bar cant be used
-excess tooth coverage, disadvantage - embrasure clasp
-used when retainer is necessary in a dentate area
-class III and IV arch with no mod spaces
-also class II tooth-tissue supported with no mod
use this tooth-supported clasp when tissue undercut present and cant use T bar or I bar
hairpin
imaginary line connecting occlusal rests around which a partial removable dental prosthesis tends to rotate under masticatory forces.
determinants for this line are usually the cross arch occlusal rests located adjacent to the tissue borne components
fulcrum line
tooth-tissue supported RPD class selection:
-rotation of the RPD toward residual ridge around the horizontal fulcrum line
1. factor in class I and II extensions
2. RPD potentially functions as lever
3. can result in detrimental clasp forces on the abutment teeth
why rotation of RPD toward the residual ridge around the horizontal fulcrum line?
-difference in potential movement of abutment and mucoperiosteum over residual ridge
-0.25,, periodontal ligament, 2mm mucoperiosteum
-0.25mm=0.01” (related to retentive clasp)
distal abutment retentive clasp (should/should not) be anterior to terminal rest fulcrum line
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