Viability of magnetic denture retainers: A 3-year case report

Quintessence International

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 517-520

  Thean, Hilary P Y ^a   Khor, Stephen K L ^b   Loh, Poey Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Magnets; Neodymium iron boron; Overdentures; Rare earth magnet; Removable partial dentures; Retention

Indexed keywords

LANTHANIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MAGNETISM; MALE;

AGED; DENTURE DESIGN; DENTURE RETENTION; DENTURE, OVERLAY; HUMANS; LASERS; MAGNETICS; MALE; METALS, RARE EARTH;

EID: 0035407431     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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