title: Surveying.
abstract: Several systems for the survey and design for removable partial dentures are based on empiricism and misinformation. Presented here is a systematic approach to the basic requirements for precribing a prosthesis that will be received favorably by the patient.
mesh_terms: D003779:Denture Design / Q000379:methods*; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D006801:Humans; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology*