title: Hader bar and clip attachment retained mandibular complete denture.
abstract: Bar and clip attachments significantly improve the level of satisfaction of denture-wearing patients by enhancing the retention and stability of the prosthesis. These attachments have been most commonly used for connecting the prosthesis to implants, but they can be effectively used to retain tooth-supported prosthesis as well. The primary functions of bar attachments are splinting the abutments together, even distribution of forces to the abutments and supporting areas, guiding the prosthesis into place, improving the retention, stability, support and comfort of the patient. The primary requirement for the use of bar attachments is the availability of sufficient vertical and buccolingual space for the proper placement of the bar, sleeves, teeth arrangement and sufficient thickness of acrylic denture base to minimise incidence of denture fracture in the area of bar assembly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry, Insitute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pardesh, India.
authors.forename: Kunwarjeet
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Nidhi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: Ridhimaa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D003779:Denture Design / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003826:Denture, Complete, Lower; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged