Abstract
Clinical decision-making review on magnetic attachments versus mechanical attachments in dental prosthetics
Highlights
Magnetic devices have been introduced in dentistry since the 1960s1 both for orthodontics and prosthodontics applications
Key Words Magnetic appliances, overdentures mechanical attachments, What this review adds: 1. What is known about this subject? Nowadays, there are still controversial opinions concerning the effective corrosion resistance of magnetic attachments, despite such appliances could be important in some clinical cases
What new information is offered in this review? A wide excursus on permanent magnets, corrosion behaviour, magnetic properties, biocompatibility and the use of magnets in prosthodontics have been carefully discussed in this review
Summary
Articles topics selection was based on the use of magnetic attachments in dentistry and the comparison between them and mechanical connectors. A critical evaluation of the selected paper has been made to choose the ones that matched the inclusion criteria
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