The metal dentures, also known as skeletal dentomucosoportadas are partial dentures. That is, they hold both in the teeth as in the mucosa, and is performed when the patient still retains some of your natural teeth. These prostheses are removable, or what is the same, can be extracted and placed by the patient.
They are made by a metallic structure (Base Metal) cast (which may be of different alloys, both noble and not noble) from a wax pattern made ??by hand, and the use of preforms on the model of investment. The teeth and encíason reconstructions of acrylic resin.
The parts that comprise these prostheses are:
Greater or armor or connector metal
Minor connector
Retainers
Bases
Occlusal support
Stabilizing and indirect retainers