Terms Related to Prosthesis Design

• Dental Prosthesis Design

  The plan and delineation of dental prostheses in general or a specific dental prosthesis. It does not include DENTURE DESIGN. The framework usually consists of …

• Dental Prosthesis Retention

  The retention of a dental prosthesis in place by design, device, or adhesion.

• Maxillofacial Prosthesis

  A prosthetic appliance for the replacement of areas of the maxilla, mandible, and face, missing as a result of deformity, disease, injury, or surgery. When …

• Denture Design

  The plan, delineation, and location of actual structural elements of dentures. The design can relate to retainers, stress-breakers, occlusal rests, flanges, framework, lingual or palatal …

• Prosthesis Failure

  Malfunction of implantation shunts, valves, etc., and prosthesis loosening, migration, and breaking.