RPD DESIGN - SADDLE

Question 1

What is a saddle

Answer 1

edentulous area where replacement teeth will go

Question 2

What is a denture base

Answer 2

the connector

Question 3

What is the flange

Answer 3

replacement tissue extending to the vestibular sulcus from the alveolar ridge

Question 4

What is the system of design

Answer 4

saddle
support
retention
bracing and reciprocation 
connector

Question 5

What does the support dictate

Answer 5

how the occlusal load will be resisted by the denture

Question 6

What does retention dictate

Answer 6

how the denture will be retained

Question 7

What does bracing and reciprocation dictate

Answer 7

how will the denture resist horizontal movement

Question 8

What does the connector dictate

Answer 8

how the components will be joined

Question 9

What is kennedy class 1

Answer 9

bilateral free end

Question 10

What is kennedy class 2

Answer 10

unilateral free end

Question 11

What is kennedy class 3

Answer 11

unilateral bounded

Question 12

What is kennedy class 4

Answer 12

anterior bounded

crossing the midline

Question 13

How is the kennedy class decided

Answer 13

named after the most posterior saddle

any other saddles result in addition of ‘mod’ with the number of additional saddles after