From: Dr Chan on
3i Magnetic Abutments?

I was seeing a patient at a friend's clinic. She has a lower full
overdenture retained by 2 magnetic abutments, gold in colour. They
resemble healing abutments with a rounded top, rising about 3mm from
the gums.

The patient intends to make a new denture and my colleague had earlier
advised her to switch to the stud abutment/O-ring system. Reusing the
magnetic plates on the denture is not an option as the patient does
not want to be without them.

Of course, we had no idea which implant system was used. The
practitioner who placed the implants 5 years ago worked for a hospital
and was uncontactable. I took an xray and saw a couple of Nobel-like
implants. As my colleague doesn't do implants, there were no
screwdrivers in the clinic, so I could remove the abutments and have a
peek at the internal connection. Could it be 3i since Nobel doesn't
have magnetic abutments?

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