[Prosthetic rehabilitation by removable prostheses supported with wire in Kennedy class 1 cases and its 1st...

Prosthetic rehabilitation in cases of short dentition raises difficult problems, because a support must be found for free-end denture bases on both the edentulous crest and the remaining teeth. A prosthesis employing a wire device for the damping and distribution of forces and thus better able to supply this mixed support is described. Overloading of the abutments is avoided, along with the excessive reabsorption of the alveolar crest caused by classic damped appliances. Clinical experience in a series of cases treated over a period of ten years points to the effectiveness of this type of prosthesis.