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Introduction
Removable partial dentures (RPD) will continue to be one of the primary
methods used to restore missing dentition for the foreseeable future. 
Treatment of the partially edentulous patient has become increasingly
sophisticated in recent decades and when this treatment is planned and
executed properly existing dentition and associated structures will be
preserved and the treatment will last the life of the compliant patient. 
This program reviews some of the basic principles of RPDs and outlines
the reasons why patients often select RPD treatment as opposed implant
therapy when cost factors and anatomic limitations and other factors are
taken into consideration.

All definitive RPDs will have the following components:

. Each component or part one or more functions necessary for the
operation of the RPD. Each type of component part has several possible
designs. In this chapter the various component parts of RPD .

Minor
Major
connector Denture Direct Indirect artificial
Connector base retainer retainer
teeth
1-major connector
That part of a RPD that joins the components parts on one side
of the arch to those on the opposite side.1 It is the unit of the
RPD to which all other parts are directly or indirectly attached.
All major connectors provide the function of connection.
Maxillary major connectors also provide the function of
support.