title: [Category design and clinical application of esthetic clasps].
abstract: Not only can esthetic clasps removable partial dentures reserve some advantages that removable partial denture itself has such as non-preparation or less preparation and cheap price, but also can bring metal-free smile to the patients, which is an new effective and affordable treatment option for partial edentulism. This article introduced the basic concepts, principle, various types of estheticdesign and related clinical application.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Prosthodontics, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Haiyang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Wenjing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D016734:Dental Clasps; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D004954:Esthetics; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans