The Swing-Lock Denture: Its Use in Conventional Removable Partial Denture Prosthodontics

From Volume 31, Issue 9, November 2004 | Pages 506-508

Authors

Christopher D. Lynch

BDS, MFD RCSI

Registrar in Restorative Dentistry, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.

Articles by Christopher D. Lynch

P. Finbarr Allen

BDS, MSc, FDS RCPS, PhD

Senior Lecturer/Consultant, Department of Restorative Dentistry, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.

Articles by P. Finbarr Allen

Abstract

This article describes the uses of the swing-lock retained removable partial denture in partially dentate patients where the potential for achievable retention with a conventionally designed removable partial denture is less than adequate. The article presents two case reports detailing effective use of the swing-lock concept in removable partial denture design and it is hoped that this article will increase the awareness of practitioners to the use of this prosthesis type when planning removable partial dentures.

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