ATTACHMENTS IN PROSTHODONTICS: DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATION: A REVIEW
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 28
Abstract
Attachments are mechanical devices for the fixation and stabilisation of a dental prosthesis and include frictional, internal, intracoronal, extracoronal, key-key way, parallel, precision and slotted types. (Boucher 1976). Attachments are used as alternative to clasps in removable partial denture therapy for both aesthetic and functional purpose. Their application is not only limited to removable partial dentures, but has a broader usage in fixed bridges, overdentures, implant supported dentures as well. Hundreds of attachments are available commercially and significant differences exist between them. In this article, different systems of classification of attachments have been reviewed. They are categorised as precision and semi-precision depending on the method of manufacture, intracoronal and extra coronal depending on their location relative to the abutment tooth, rigid and resilient determined by the amount of movement allowed between the component parts, also as stud and bar attachments depending on the design. A classification system to more accurately evaluate differences among resilient attachments has also been described here
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Khuthija Khanam, Bharathi M , Rajeev Kumar Reddy, Giridhar Reddy
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