Dr Balendra Pratap Singh

BDS, MDS, MAMS, FISDR, FPFA, FAAMP, ICMR-IF

Assistant Professor
Deptt. of Prosthodontics
1. Manner in which each is supported
2. Method of impression registration and
jaw record
3. Need for indirect retention
4. Use of denture base material
1. How the partial denture is supported
2. Connection of tooth and tissue support units-
major and minor connector
3. How the RPD is to be retained- clasps
4. Connection of retention units to the support
units- direct and indirect retainer to connectors
5. Outline and join the edentulous area to the
already established design components
1. All RPD must be supported by oral structure

2. Must be retained against reasonable

dislodging forces
Class I RPD
Design
Considerations
 Premolar abutments

 mandible
 maxilla
 The component of an RPD that assists the
direct retainers (clasps) in preventing
displacement of a distal extension base by
functioning through lever action on the
opposite side of the fulcrum line when the
denture base rotates away from the tissues
around the fulcrum line.
 Indirect Clasp
Primary Primary wrought wire
Retainer
rests arm rests clasps
rests

Major Primary fulcrum Lingual bar Indirect

connector line with relief retainer rests
Primary Indirect Clasp T bar cast Primary Indirect
rests retainer arm clasp rests retainers
rests

Primary Anterior border of

Major
fulcrum line palatal plate ending
connector
in valley of rugae
I ½ round cast
bar clasp
Modified T
clasp
Class II RPD
Design
Considerations
 Class II
Class II:
• Mandibular
• Maxillary
Class II - Mandibular
Full gold crown with
DO rest, lingual
guideplane and MB
Indirect undercut
retainer

Clasps as Primary MO rest for MO and DO rests,

appropriate for fulcrum line indirect lingual guide plane,
the abutment retainer mid-buccal
undercut
Class II - Maxillary
ML cingulum ball
Indirect
rest as part of
retainer
Major connector RPI system
Indirect – anteroposterior
Retainer palaltal strap

T-bar cast ½ round

clasp cast clasp

Clasp arms as Primary

appropriate fulcrum line
Class III RPD
Design
Considerations
Class 3-P – Mandibular (bilateral)

Molars: gold crowns, MO & DO Mesial and distal

rests, buccal guide planes, and rest seats on lone-
ML retention standing molars
#20 - DO rest, lingual guide preferred to mesial
plane, & MB retention rest alone
#27 - raised cingulum composite
rest, lingual guide plane, & MB
retention

Metal bases;
re-line
not likely to
be necessary
Class 3-A - Mandibular

An additional
rest seat on
the distal of
the molar is
desirable.
Class 3 - Maxillary
For patient comfort, a full
palatal plate major
connector, as shown in the
diagram on the right, along
with a secondary rest on
the premolar, is more
desirable than the design
shown below.
Class 3-A-P - Maxillary

Anterior Palatal
Strap or Open
Horseshoe major
connector to
circumvent the
palatal torus
Class 3-P-2A - Maxillary

An adaptation
of a modified
T-bar clasp
Class IV RPD
Design
Considerations
Class 4 - Mandibular

Rest seat location - try to place a

rest seat on the two teeth
adjacent to the edentulous area
and also the most posterior teeth
remaining on each side; preferably
molars and on the distal surface
as shown on right image

- Embrasure clasps on #20,21 &

#28,29 Ledge type cingulum rest
-Lingual plate major connector seats on #22 & 27 to support
-Molars tipped too far lingually to anterior base.
use as direct retainers.
Class 4 – Mandibular

lingual inclination of all molars Lingual plate imparts rigidity and

preculdes using a conventional bracing (reciprocation) for I-bar
major connector clasps on the premolars

-Labial bar major connector -Labial bar

-#18,32: i/2 rd. cast clasps to ML retention -#21,28: I-bar cast
-Bracing/reciprocation: #18: horizontal arm, clasps
#32: buccal plate
Class 4 - Maxilla
Rest seat location - try to
place a rest seat on the
two teeth adjacent to the major connector choices
edentulous area and also are full palate
the most posterior teeth (preferred), closed
remaining on each side; horseshoe (as shown) or
preferably molars and on open horseshoe
the distal surface as
shown on the image at
right.

T-bar cast clasps on I-bar clasps on the #2 & #15: DO rests

both molar abutments premolars #12: gold inlay
have retention on both Major connector at
“wings” of the “T” least 6mm from fgm.
Class 4 - Maxilla
Two more examples of Class 4
RPD’s – on the right with a full
palate major connector, and
below with a closed horseshoe
(ant/post palatal strap)

Note the red,

irritated palatal
tissue associated
with the RPD base
and major
connector caused
by occlusal trauma
and plaque on the
tissue surface of
the rpd
QUESTIONS ???????