Partial Denture Design; Saddles, Support and Retention course for Dental Practice
This session explains the meanings of the terms; saddles, support and retention. It will also include an appraisal of how support is derived and an appraisal of retention of removable partial dentures (RPDs).
Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- explain the meanings of the terms, saddles, support and retention
- describe the principles of support and retention
- appreciate the need to prescribe retainers appropriately
The term saddle is sufficiently self-descriptive to merit no further discussion, other than that an edentulous space does not need, necessarily, to be made into a saddle.
Before commencing this session you should have knowledge of:
- tooth morphology
- basic concepts of dental materials science
Fraser qualified in 1970 and spend 10 years in general dental practice before becoming a Registrar in Restorative Dentistry at Edinburgh Dental Hospital in 1980.
He became a lecturer in Prosthodontics in 1983 and, in 1986, was awarded a doctorate also from the University of Edinburgh.
In 1989 he was appointed a Senior Lecturer/Hon. Consultant in Restorative Dentistry in the University of Manchester Dental School and in 1992 was appointed to the Chair of Restorative Care of the Elderly.
In 2002, he was Dean of Manchester Dental School and in 2006 moved to the Chair of Restorative Dentistry in the University of Glasgow. Also in 2006, he was President of the BSSPD and in 2008, was awarded the Gold Medal of the BSSPD.
His main interest within Restorative Dentistry is Prosthodontics and he has co-authored 5 textbooks on prosthodontics and has in excess of 100 reviewed publications.
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