Developments in Implant-assisted Removable Partial Overdentures
Managed inappropriately, conventional removable partial denture (RPD) therapy can cause hard and soft tissue damage secondary to prosthesis rotation under functional/parafunctional loading. When RPDs do not rotate under function (Kennedy class III), RPD durability is significantly improved. One way to counteract RPD rotation incorporates dental implants, with or without attachments, in the denture foundation before or after prosthesis fabrication. This issue of Prosthodontics Newsletter looks at factors involved in successfully applying dental implants to improve the support, stability and retention of implant-assisted RPDs.
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A Professional Courtesy of: Pacific Northwest Prosthodontics
Michael W. Johnson, DDS, MS, FACP
Board Certified in Prosthodontics
Michael Brooks
Specialist in Prosthodontics
Pacific Northwest Prosthodontics specializes in fixed, removable and implant Prosthodontics as well as being highly trained in fully edentulous immediate implant provisionalization (aka all on 4) options for your patients with failing or missing dentitions.
