Definition of Partial denture

1. Noun. A denture replacing one or more teeth in a dental arch.

Generic synonyms: Dental Plate, Denture, Plate

Medical Definition of Partial denture

1. A dental prosthesis which restores one or more, but less than all, of the natural teeth and/or associated parts and which is supported by the teeth and/or the mucosa; it may be removable or fixed. Synonym: bridgework. Distal extension, a removable partial denture that is retained by natural teeth at one end of the denture base segments only, and in which a portion of the functional load is carried by the residual ridge. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Partial Denture

partial agglutinin
partial aneuploidy
partial antigen
partial autocorrelation
partial autocorrelations
partial breach
partial breech extraction
partial charge
partial charges
partial cloverleaf interchange
partial correlation
partial cut
partial cystectomy
partial denture (current term)
partial denture impression
partial denture retention
partial dependencies
partial dependency
partial derivative
partial derivatives
partial differential equation
partial differential equations
partial eclipse
partial endocardial cushion defect
partial enterocele
partial epilepsy
partial face-sparing lipodystrophy
partial false friend

Literary usage of Partial denture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Odontological Society of Pennsylvania by Odontological Society of Pennsylvania (1895)
"possibility of inserting a partial denture, and even admitting that it was, a small clasp plate could have been constructed, and it would have been many ..."

2. Mechanical side of anatomical articulation by George Wood Clapp (1910)
"But allowing for such limitations, the stability and usefulness of the partial denture may bo greatly increased by this method and by so articulating the ..."

3. A Manual of Dental Prosthetics by George Henry Wilson (1920)
"In a few cases the partial denture may be retained by atmospheric pressure, adhesion by contact, or by the spring plate; but usually the best results are ..."

4. A Manual of Dental Prosthetics by George Henry Wilson (1917)
"In a few cases the partial denture may be retained by atmospheric pressure, adhesion by contact, or by the spring plate; but usually the best results are ..."

5. The Practice of Dentistry: A Practical Treatise Upon the Generalpractice of by Leo Greenbaum, Max Greenbaum (1912)
"When the partial denture is retained by clasps it is to be constructed of somewhat heavier gauge metal, 26 gauge iridio-platinum being used for the second ..."

6. Dominion Dental Journal (1903)
"... partial denture—probably the four front teeth are lost, and there is not sufficient room to put in the size teeth which the ca<e demands—it is often ..."

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