title: The acquisition and validation of removable partial denture design knowledge. II. Design rules and expert reaction.
abstract: Details are presented of the reaction of multiple prosthetic experts in 17 dental schools in the U.K. to 125 design rules for removable partial dentures. Those rules receiving support from 50% of the schools are candidates for inclusion in RaPiD, a knowledge-based assistant for the design of removable partial dentures.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Davenport
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: de Mattos
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003779:Denture Design; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000193:education; D015203:Reproducibility of Results