Medical Definition of Roach clasp

1. A clasp whose arms are bar-type extensions from major connectors or from within the denture base; the arms pass adjacent to the soft tissues and approach the point of contact on the tooth in a gingivo-occlusal direction, a clasp consisting of two or more separate arms located opposite to each other on the tooth; the bar arms arise from the framework or from a connector and may traverse the soft tissue; one arm (bar), the retentive arm, usually terminates in the infrabulge (gingival convergence) area of the tooth; the other, the reciprocal arm, usually terminates on the suprabulge (occlusal convergence) area. Synonym: Roach clasp. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roach Clasp

RNA tumour virus
RNA tumour viruses
RNA virus
RNA viruses
RNP
RNS1 ribonuclease
RNS3 ribonuclease
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