Distal implants to modify the Kennedy classification of a removable partial denture: a clinical report.
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.
Kuzmanovic
Dusan V
DV
Department of Oral Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Payne
Alan G T
AG
Purton
David G
DG
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