title: A retentive attachment for overdentures.
abstract: A technique is described that incorporates an extracoronal attachment within an overdenture to provide increased retention. This type of retentive attachment is easily fabricated. It's durability, simplicity, adjustability, and adaptability to a wide variety of situations make it most useful. The retentive attachment may be used with either removable partial dentures or complete dentures.
mesh_terms: D000044:Dental Abutments; D003779:Denture Design; D003834:Denture Precision Attachment; D003781:Denture Retention; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D006801:Humans