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5.2 Bracing
 36 Stabilizing or bracing elements resist forces which might displace the denture in a horizontal plane. Such elements are represented by the vertical walls of telescoping dentures or dentures with precision attachments and by the bracing section of a clasp arm. The bracing section, or shoulder, represents that part of the clasp arm positioned above the greatest diameter of the tooth or the so called height of contour. Since teeth are to a great extent spherically-shaped, the bracing section of the clasp arm virtually always lies on a sloping surface. It is, therefore, inadmissible to design a clasp unit without a dental rest (Fig. 36). (more…) |
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