{"id":104,"date":"2024-03-01T02:20:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T02:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/part\/3-bolumprotez-bilesenleri-indirekt-tutucular\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T06:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:31:46","slug":"3-bolumprotez-bilesenleri-indirekt-tutucular","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/part\/3-bolumprotez-bilesenleri-indirekt-tutucular\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 3. Direct Retainers - Clasp Assemblies","rendered":"Chapter 3. Direct Retainers &#8211; Clasp Assemblies"},"content":{"raw":"The component of a removable partial denture that engages the abutment teeth to provide retention and resist deleterious forces is referred to as a <strong>direct retainer<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nDirect retainers are broadly classified into two main groups as <strong>intracoronal <\/strong>(within the crown) and <strong>extracoronal<\/strong> (outside the crown) <strong>retainers<\/strong>, depending on whether they are located within or outside the contours of the clinical crown.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clasps<\/strong>, which are designed based on the principle of a metal's resistance to deformation, are the most commonly used type of extracoronal direct retainers.\r\n\r\nClasps are classified in various ways: according to fabrication types\u2014cast clasps, wrought wire clasps, and combination clasp (retentive arm is made from wrought wire); and according to approaching type\u2014occlusally approaching (circumferential clasps) and gingivally approaching (bar-type clasps).","rendered":"<p>The component of a removable partial denture that engages the abutment teeth to provide retention and resist deleterious forces is referred to as a <strong>direct retainer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Direct retainers are broadly classified into two main groups as <strong>intracoronal <\/strong>(within the crown) and <strong>extracoronal<\/strong> (outside the crown) <strong>retainers<\/strong>, depending on whether they are located within or outside the contours of the clinical crown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clasps<\/strong>, which are designed based on the principle of a metal&#8217;s resistance to deformation, are the most commonly used type of extracoronal direct retainers.<\/p>\n<p>Clasps are classified in various ways: according to fabrication types\u2014cast clasps, wrought wire clasps, and combination clasp (retentive arm is made from wrought wire); and according to approaching type\u2014occlusally approaching (circumferential clasps) and gingivally approaching (bar-type clasps).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-104","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1344,"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/104\/revisions\/1344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}