title: [Indications for removable partial dentures].
abstract: Since there are many ways of preserving a natural dentition, if necessary with support of solitary crowns and fixed partial dentures, sometimes on dental implants, removable partial dentures are nowadays primarily indicated in patients with complaints about missing teeth in the aesthetic zone, which cannot be solved in another way. In addition to this, a removable partial denture is indicated in patients with extremely reduced dentitions or large or multiple edentulous areas, in patients with severe periodontitis or excessive loss of alveolar bone, in patients who are physically or emotionally vulnerable, as an interim solution on the way to edentulousness, as a temporary solution waiting for more extensive treatment and for patients who cannot afford an alternative.
authors.affiliation: Uit de afdeling Orale Functieleer van het Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam. mvwaas@acta.nl
authors.forename: M A J
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: van Waas
mesh_terms: D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000628:therapy*; D009910:Oral Hygiene