Minimal direct retention used, the looseness the clasp (combination clasp with wrought wire retentive arm) will reduce the functional forces transmitted to the tooth.

Design considerations are presented to help control stresses, including using indirect retention, splinting abutments, and designing clasps and denture bases to minimize lever forces.

The components of any clasp assembly must fulfill at least six biomechanical requirements, namely retention, stability, support, reciprocation, encirclement and passivity. In addition, the …

Results: Group I (Reverse circlet clasp) significant increase in bone resorption of abutment compared to those in Group II and Group III (modified half-and-half clasp assembly). From …

Learn about clasp retainer design principles for removable partial dentures, including retention, reciprocation, and stress-breaking. Dentistry/Prosthodontics.

Biomechanics at play within the oral cavity must be taken into consideration and the denture design must be made in accordance, to counteract the mechanical forces/stress acting within …

Objectives: This finite element analysis study compared the stress distribution between two types of stress breaker clasp designs for bilateral distal-extension removable partial denture which …

Any retention supplied by units of the prosthesis other than the clasps has the effect of reducing the amount of retention that the clasps are required to provide, which in turn diminishes the …

An understanding of the fundamentals of stress and its control enables the partial denture planner to use a combination of design and construction principles especially for clasp designing to …

Clasp position:- Often, the spatial distribution of retentive clasps is more important to retention than the number of clasps. The following configurations can be followed while determining …