title: Distal implants to modify the Kennedy classification of a removable partial denture: a clinical report.
abstract: Dental implants or precision attachments can be used to resolve the bilateral distal extension removable partial denture (RPD) dilemma. This report describes the fabrication of a mandibular implant-supported chromium-cobalt RPD with a combination of bilateral single molar implants and metal ceramic crowns using the principles of the channel-shoulder-pin system. The maxillary arch was restored with splinted metal crowns and a conventional RPD retained by extracoronal precision attachments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Dusan V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Kuzmanovic
authors.forename: Alan G T
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Purton
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003442:Crowns; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003834:Denture Precision Attachment; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000295:instrumentation; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008963:Molar