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bar clasp (medicine) and inaccordant (iou)


bar clasp (medicine)


bar clasp


A clasp whose arms are bar-type extensions from major connectors or from within the denture base; the arms pass adjacent to the soft tissues and approach the point of contact on the tooth in a gingivo-occlusal direction, a clasp consisting of two or more separate arms located opposite to each Other on the tooth; the bar arms arise from the framework or from a connector and may traverse the soft tissue; one arm (bar), the retentive arm, usually terminates in the infrabulge (gingival convergence) area of the tooth; the Other, the reciprocal arm, usually terminates on the suprabulge (occlusal convergence) area.

Synonym: Roach clasp.


inaccordant (iou)



inaccordant adjective. E19.
[from IN-3 + ACCORDANT.]
Not in agreement or harmony; inharmonious.