DENTURE ATTACHMENT

摘要

A denture attachment is planted in a denture base in such a manner as to oppose a keeper (103) made of a soft magnetic substance, and clamped by the keeper (103) through magnetic attraction. The attachment comprises at least plate-like three yokes made of a soft magnetic substance and at least two plate-like magnets the N and S poles are oriented in the direction of the thickness of the attachment. In the drawing, the attachment comprises a center yoke (10), a first magnet (1), a second magnet (2), a first side yoke (11) and a second side yoke (12). The magnetic poles of the first and second magnet (1, 2) on both sides of the center yoke (10) are characteristically opposed to one another. Therefore, an independent magnetic loop is formed for each magnet. Because of this novel structure, the magnetic force is about twice stronger than conventional while the denture has a compactness required generally. Spacers (21 and 22) made of a non-magnetic substance may cover the surfaces of both magnets (1 and 2) in contact with the keeper (103), and a casing (3) made of a non-magnetic substance may cover the entire portion other than the surfaces in contact with the keeper so as to improve both corrosion resistance and wear resistance.