REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES: KENNEDY CLASSIFICATION

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Class Kennedy Class I describes a patient who
I has BILATERAL free-end saddles, i.e. they have
edentulous posterior areas bilaterally. This is the
most comment classification. There are no further
posterior teeth to the edentulous area. A free-end
saddle is where the saddle is not resting on teeth
on both sides (i.e. is lacking an abutment tooth).

 Most frequent.
 Bilateral edentulous area located posterior to
the remaining natural teeth.

Class This describes a patient who has

II a UNILATERAL free-end saddle, i.e. they have a
one-sided, posterior edentulous area. They have
no further teeth behind the edentulous area. As
the image below shows, it is like a Class I but just
covering one side of the arch.

 A unilateral edentulous area located posterior

to the remaining natural teeth.

Class This describes a patient who has

III a UNILATERAL BOUNDED POSTERIOR saddle.
This means that the edentulous area has teeth
located both anteriorly and posteriorly to it, as
shown in the image below. As they do not possess
free-end saddles, they tend to be far more secure
cases when designing.

 A unilateral edentulous area with natural teeth

 both anterior and posterior to the area.

Class This describes a patient with

IV a SINGLE, ANTERIOR BOUNDED saddle. This
is the rarest of the classifications.

 A single but bilateral (crossing the midline)

edentulous area located to the anterior of the
remaining natural teeth.
 Has not modifications.
Class I

Class 1
Mod 2

Class 2

Class 2
Mod 1

Class 2
Mod 2
Class 3

Class 3
Mod 1

Class 4

Which Kennedy Classification has no modifications? Ans: Class 4

KENNEDY CLASSIFICATION:
Class I - Bilateral edentulous areas located posterior to the remaining natural teeth.
Class II - A unilateral edentulous area located posterior to the remaining natural teeth.
Class III - A unilateral edentulous area with natural teeth remaining both anterior and
posterior to it.
Class IV - A single, but bilateral (crossing the midline), edentulous area located anterior
to the remaining natural teeth.
Applegate has given 8 rules as follows -
 Rule 1- Classification should follow rather than precede extractions that might alter the
original classification.
 Rule 2- If 3 molar is missing and not to be replaced, it is not considered in the
classification.
 Rule 3- If 3 molar is present and is to be used as abutment it is considered in the
classification.
 Rule 4- If 2 molar is missing and not to be replaced it is not considered in the
classification
 Rule 5- The most posterior edentulous area or areas determine the classification.
 Rule 6 - Edentulous areas other than those determining the classification are referred to
as modification spaces and are designated by there number.
 Rule 7 - The extent of modification is not considered only the number of additional
edentulous areas.
 Rule 8- There can be no modification areas in class4 arches .Any edentulous area lying
posterior to single bilateral area determine the classification