- clasp arm
- an extension or projection of the clasp of a partial denture, helping to stabilize and retain it in the mouth.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
clasp arm
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bar clasp arm — a clasp arm that serves as an extracoronal retainer, originating from the denture base, a major or minor connector, or the framework of a denture, traverses soft tissue, approaches the tooth undercut area from a gingival direction, and terminates … Medical dictionary
circumferential clasp arm — a clasp arm that originates above the height of contour, traverses part of the suprabulge portion of the tooth, approaches the tooth undercut from an occlusal direction, and terminates in a retentive undercut lying gingival to the height of… … Medical dictionary
Arm — In popular usage, the arm extends from the shoulder to the hand. However, in medical terminology, the arm refers to the upper extremity extending from the shoulder only to the elbow. The arm is thus distinguished in medical usage from the forearm … Medical dictionary
clasp — 1. A part of a removable partial denture that acts as a direct retainer and/or stabilizer for the denture by partially surrounding or contacting an abutment tooth. 2. A direct retainer of a removable partial denture, usually consisting of two… … Medical dictionary
arm-wrestle — v. engage in arm wrestling, participate in a test of strength in which two players clasp hands on a tabletop and attempt to force their opponent s hand downward … English contemporary dictionary
reciprocal arm — a clasp arm located in such a manner as to reciprocate any force arising from an opposing clasp arm on the same tooth … Medical dictionary
I-bar clasp — infrabulge clasp a bar clasp arm that approaches the crown of the tooth from an apical direction, without crossing the survey line, crossing the tooth tissue junction at right angles and continuing in a straight line to the unattached mucosa… … Medical dictionary
stabilizing arm — a rigid clasp arm that contacts the tooth at or occlusal to the surveyed height of contour … Medical dictionary
Akers' clasp — An Akers clasp is the classic direct retainer for removable partial dentures. Named after its inventor, Polk E. Akers, this suprabulge clasp consists of a rest, a guide plate, a retentive arm and a reciprocal arm. Akers clasps, as a rule, face… … Wikipedia
retention arm — retentive arm a rigid clasp that engages the infrabulge area at the terminal end of the arm … Medical dictionary
