Use of a partial-coverage porcelain laminate to enhance clasp retention.
Historically, invasive restorative procedures have been required to create undercuts for removable partial denture retainers where natural undercuts are lacking. Resin-bonding procedures have allowed the development of conservative, minimally invasive methods for creating undercuts. A technique using a partial-coverage porcelain laminate is described.
Department of Prosthodontics, University of Iowa, College of Dentistry, Iowa City.
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Swift
D003188:Composite Resins; D000044:Dental Abutments; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003776:Dental Porcelain; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000379:methods*; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D006801:Humans
D003188:Composite Resins; D003776:Dental Porcelain