connector bar

connector bar
a connector unit of a removable partial denture that is fabricated as parallel-, round-, or oval-sided bars and serves to connect parts of dentures, splint or connect abutments, connect and splint crowns, or splint teeth that have received root therapy. Called also connecting b. and minor connector. Cf. major connector.

Connector bars in a maxillary removable partial denture.


Medical dictionary. 2011.

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