title: A review of extracoronal and intracoronal retainer systems.
abstract: Regardless of what type of retainer is used, it must be thoroughly planned in advance using diagnostic casts, radiographs, a surveyor and knowledge gleaned from previous experience and continuous study. The time spent in diagnosis and treatment planning will save untold hours of chair-time doing adjustments and placating unhappy patients. It is our goal to preserve what is left of a once intact detention by the most efficient means possible.
mesh_terms: D003737:Dental Cavity Preparation / Q000379:methods; D003779:Denture Design; D003834:Denture Precision Attachment; D003781:Denture Retention; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D006801:Humans; D013314:Stress, Mechanical