Question 34 (part 2) · LDEK · Cast partial dentures

In designing modified connector of cast removable upper denture, the dentist should proceed according the following principles:

1) denture base should be distanced from the gingival margin by 6mm;
2) denture base should be distanced by gap from gingival margin;
3) denture base should be in contact with teeth;
4) denture base should be designed in the glandular zone of the palate;
5) denture base should not be designed in the area of palatal plicae.
Correct answer is:
  1. A. 3,4.
  2. B. 1,5.
  3. C. 1,4.
  4. D. 2,5.
  5. E. 3,5.
Hint

The modified palatal connector is designed to spare the marginal periodontium and the anterior palate that matters for speech.

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