[Preparation of bearing teeth in the treatment with overdentures without retainers]

On the base of the data available in literature about therapeutic results, discussion problems and concepts, the main modes for preparation of the bearing teeth under overdentures are discussed. Depending of the tendency of progress of the pathological processes and the initial state of the prosthetic field, an attempt has been made to specify the indications for covering with a cap of the bearing teeth or not covering them in the treatment of the defects of dentions with overdenture without retainers.