title: Clinical application of dental prosthesis with magnetic attachment to a patient with cerebral palsy.
abstract: Removable dental prosthesis with magnetic attachment was applied to a fifty-two-year old female with cerebral palsy. New magnetic attachments made of rare earth metal, a pair of Sm-Co magnets housed in a magnetic stainless steel keeper, were used as a safe and simple retention apparatus instead of the conventional cast metal or wire clasps for partial denture. The patient even with her severe physical disability could manipulate this denture without much difficulty.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Division of Dentistry for the Disabled, Osaka University Dental Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Marukawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Morisaki
mesh_terms: D002547:Cerebral Palsy; D003035:Cobalt; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003779:Denture Design; D003781:Denture Retention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D012493:Samarium
chemical_list: D003035:Cobalt; D012493:Samarium