Direct tissue stops for distal extension removable partial dentures.
Supplemental impression++ strategies may be used to capture optimal registration of residual ridge tissues in distal extension-base RPDs. A procedure is described to adapt tissue stops in vivo and positively position the framework to the master cast when clinically using corrected impressions. This method is simple and cost-effective, and it promotes accurate prosthetic-tissue relationships during clinical and laboratory phase of RPD fabrication.
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Department of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Tennessee, Memphis, 38163, USA. rwicks@utmem.edu
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D000044:Dental Abutments; D003819:Denture Bases; D003779:Denture Design / Q000379:methods*; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D006801:Humans