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Current Status on Partial Edentulism and Removable Partial Dentures

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Removable Partial Dentures

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What is the present status of the total and partial edentulism and expectations for the future? What is the importance and validity of the removable partial denture in dental practice? Why do we need to update our knowledge on removable partial dentures? This chapter allows us to find out the answers and think more about on removable partial dentures. It is our best interest to provide a harvest of knowledge regarding the current, practical, scientific, and affordable ways to construct proper removable partial dentures. We hope to explore scientific-based attention to RPDs in the near future, which will possibly make them a good and an easy choice of treatment.

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Şakar, O. (2016). Current Status on Partial Edentulism and Removable Partial Dentures. In: Şakar, O. (eds) Removable Partial Dentures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20556-4_1

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