title: Precision attachments for the 21st century.
abstract: This paper outlines the evolution of precision attachment applications from partial denture retention to the implant-retained overdenture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Understanding precision attachments in the osseointegration era is essential to obtain optimal treatment outcomes with the new therapeutic methods available.
authors.affiliation: Eastman Dental Institute, 25 Upper Wimpole Street, London, UK.
authors.forename: Harold W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Preiskel
authors.forename: Alon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Preiskel
mesh_terms: D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D003834:Denture Precision Attachment; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation