TOPIC: MOUTH PREPARATION IN RPD

🎯 KEY POINTS :

🔹Shape of the rest seat in natural posterior teeth should be saucer-shaped.

🔹A rest helps to transmit the occlusal stresses parallel to the long axis of the tooth.

🔹The intentional conservative tooth reduction to prepare guiding planes is called enameloplasty

🔍 DEFINITION :

🔺ENAMELOPLASTY: The intentional alteration of the occlusal surface of the teeth to change their form. (GPT 8th Ed)

🔷 Mouth Preparation Is Often Accomplished By Two Phases: