precision attachment

precision attachment
(in dentistry) a special machined joint that holds certain types of partial denture in place. The attachment is in two parts, one fixed to the denture and the other fixed to a crown on one of the teeth abutting the denture.

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1. a device using a precision rest (q.v.) to attach fixed or removable partial dentures to the crown of an abutment tooth or a restoration; the two primary types are the intracoronal attachment and the extracoronal attachment. Called also precision anchorage. See also extracoronal a., intracoronal a., and semiprecision a. 2. intracoronal a.

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