title: Removable partial dentures without rests.
abstract: Ever since Bonwill recommended the use of rests on removable partial dentures in 1899, rests have been universally considered inviolate and have gone unchallenged and untested. The author claims that removable partial dentures without rests may not cause the adverse conditions usually predicted, such as gingival stripping, gingival inflammation, mutilated residual ridges, or extensive and rapid resorption of the alveolar ridges. In removable partial dentures made by the author for several patients, the residual ridge remained stable and in physiologic equilibrium when rests were not used. A history of the long-term effect on patients wearing partial dentures with and without rests is presented.
authors.affiliation: Northwestern University Dental School, Chicago, Ill.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Meinig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000209:etiology; D000044:Dental Abutments; D003779:Denture Design / Q000009:adverse effects; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000009:adverse effects; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies