Name : hagar Khaled Megahed

Id : 87055

Group : Saturday 1-3

About : name different component of RPD and mention

the main function of each

DR : yusr mady
 Introduction
Removable partial dentures (RPD) will continue to be one of the
primary methods used to restore missing dentition for the
foreseeable future.

Component
of RPD

Major artificial Direct Indirect

Minor Denture
Rest retainer
Connector connect
or retainer
teeth base
 Major connector

Main Function

1- Connect parts of prothesis located on one side of the arch

with those on the opposite side
2- Provide cross arch stabilization

Two types of major connector

Mandibular
Maxillary

Minor connector
 main function

1-Connect part of prothesis located on the same site .

2_Connecting unite between the major connector and the
other units of the prothesis .

Denture base

The part of a denture that rests on the foundation tissues and to which
prosthetic teeth are attached.
Main function

1- support and caries artificial teeth

2– ethetics and good appearance

Artificial teeth
 Artificial teeth used on denture to substitute for natural
teeth

Main function :improve mastication and

ethetics

Supporting rest

It is a rigid extension of a RPD which contact a remaining

tooth structure

Main function
Providingvertical supportandtransmitting functional

Directretainer

Part of denture that engages an abudment tooth

 Main function
1-Resist displacement of the prothesis away from
the basal seat tissue ( provide retention)
2-Retain near end of the partial denture

Indirect retainer

Main function
1- Reduce the tendency to rotate in an occlusal
direction around the the fulcrum axis ( stabilization)
2- Retain far end of the partial denture
References

https://baluke.com/product/removable-partial-dentures/
https://www.slideshare.net/AamirGodil1/parts -of-
castpartial-dentures
https://oceanbreezeprosthodontics.com/restorative/ever
ything-know-removable-partial-dentures/
https://www.nature.com/articles/sj.bdj.2017.70