circumferential clasp arm

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 contour.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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