Question 123 · LDEK · Acrylic partial dentures

Blocking out the undercuts on working casts during the laboratory fabrication of acrylic partial dentures enables:

1) place the denture on the dentures bearing area, according to the planned path of insertion;
2) protect the periodontium of abutment teeth when using the denture;
3) determine the area for correct positioning of prosthetic claps;
4) create a space for acrylic resin.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. 1,2.
  2. B. 1,2,4.
  3. C. 2,4.
  4. D. 2,3,4.
  5. E. 3,4.
Hint

Ask what the blocked-out (filled) areas will correspond to in the finished acrylic base: will resin end up there or not?

The answer, the explanation and a note on every option are available once you log in. The account is free: topic tests, a mock exam, mistake review and statistics.

Create a free account Log in

More questions on Prosthodontics