[Prosthetic treatment of patients with clefts. 2. The removable partial prosthesis]

In cleft patients it is especially recommendable to combine the cast partial prosthesis with the direct blocking of the teeth. Direct blocking by crown blocks, bridge prostheses, connecting bars and telescopes should include, as far as possible, all teeth. Apart from indirect blocking, the one piececast prosthesis permits to keep free the periodontium to the greatest possible extent and to protrude the teeth in the anterior region.