“…Despite wide clinical success to date, there has been limited fundamental understanding of the biomechanical consequences induced by surface notches which, among all the above mentioned factors, have a significant effect on the mechanical behavior of denture (Saraf et al, 2013;Morris et al, 1985;Polyzois et al, 1996;Shimizu et al, 2005;Hedzelek & Gaidus, 2006;Seo et al, 2006;Reddy et al, 2013;Sowmya et al, 2013;Al-Kadi et al, 2015). Although numerous studies refers to the contribution of surface notches to the failure of CUDs, there is considerable disagreement among researchers.…”