Denture Precision Attachment
                             
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                            
	"Denture Precision Attachment" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				A precision device used for attaching a fixed or removable partial denture to the crown of an abutment tooth or a restoration. One type is the intracoronal attachment and the other type is the extracoronal attachment. It consists of a female portion within the coronal portion of the crown of an abutment and a fitted male portion attached to the denture proper. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p85; from Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p264)
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D003834 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | E06.780.346.760.433.555 E07.695.190.200.220.245 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Denture Precision AttachmentDenture Precision AttachmentPrecision Attachment, DentureAttachment, Denture PrecisionAttachments, Denture PrecisionDenture Precision AttachmentsPrecision Attachments, DentureAttachment, Dental SlottedSlotted Attachment, DentalDental Slotted AttachmentDental Slotted AttachmentsSlotted Attachments, DentalDenture, Precision AttachmentAttachment Denture, PrecisionAttachment Dentures, PrecisionDentures, Precision AttachmentPrecision Attachment DenturePrecision Attachment DenturesAttachments, Dental Slotted
 Intracoronal AttachmentIntracoronal AttachmentAttachment, IntracoronalAttachments, IntracoronalIntracoronal Attachments
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								Effects of resistance form on attachment strength of resin-retained castings. J Okla Dent Assoc. 2000; 90(3):16-20, 22, 24-5. 
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								The I.C. partial denture attachment. J Colo Dent Assoc. 1983 May-Jun; 61(6):3-5.