title: Swing-lock removable partial dentures.
abstract: The swing-lock removable partial denture (RPD) is a little-taught RPD concept that offers clinicians additional choices in the treatment of perplexing situations involving periodontally compromised dentitions, missing key abutments, and other clinical situations in which a conventional RPD design may not be feasible. This article reviews past and current literature concerning the swing-lock RPD and provides some clinical and laboratory considerations involving the treatment planning and fabrication of this often-useful RPD.
authors.affiliation: United States Air Force Dental Investigation Service, Great Lakes, IL, USA.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D000044:Dental Abutments; D016734:Dental Clasps; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000145:classification / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013499:Surface Properties; D014086:Tooth Mobility / Q000150:complications; D014093:Tooth, Artificial