Swing-lock removable partial dentures.

The swing-lock removable partial denture (RPD) is a little-taught RPD concept that offers clinicians additional choices in the treatment of perplexing situations involving periodontally compromised dentitions, missing key abutments, and other clinical situations in which a conventional RPD design may not be feasible. This article reviews past and current literature concerning the swing-lock RPD and provides some clinical and laboratory considerations involving the treatment planning and fabrication of this often-useful RPD.