Retentive Forces and Deformation of Fitting Surface in RPD Clasp Made of Polyether-Ether-Ketone (PEEK).
Sunil Kumar VaddamanuFahad Hussain AlhamoudiMohammed A AlobaidNasser M AlqahtaniMohamed Khaled AddasMohammad Al AlfarsiRajesh VyasMasroor Ahmed KanjiMohammad A ZarbahWaleed M S AlqahtaniSaeed M AlqahtaniAdel M AbdelmonemAsim Elsir ElmahdiPublished in: Polymers (2023)
The deformation of PEEK clasps fitting surface was lower than Co-Cr clasps and retentive forces were close to the Co-Cr clasps, suggesting the use of PEEK as an aesthetic clasp option for RPD framework.
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