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parallelism
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parallelism (par´leliz´m),
n the condition of two or more surfaces that, if extended to infinity, could never meet. In removable partial prosthodontics, such a condition is created on vertical tooth surfaces to act as guiding planes.


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It is said to provide a closing and clamping force with unequaled paralellism and even distribution of force across the platen.
 
 
 
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