Metal devices for fastening together two or more parts of dental prostheses for stabilizing or retaining them by attachment to abutment teeth. For a precision attachment for a partial denture DENTURE PRECISION ATTACHMENT is available.

Annotation

for any prosthesis; do not confuse entry term DENTURE CLASPS with DENTURE PRECISION ATTACHMENT, a special type of precision device for use with partial dentures; do not use for orthodontic clasps

DUI

D016734 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0025482

Previous indexing

Denture, Partial, Removable (1966-1991)

History note

92

Public note

92