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EXHIBITIONS: Report from 2005 Dentech China

October 26-29, 2005.Shanghai, China

The 9th Shanghai Dental Show (Dentech China 2005) was held in Shanghai on October 26-29th. In conjunction with our local distributor, Nissin Dental, Aichi Steel setup a booth and was visited by many participants. The total attendance for the 4 days was estimated to be about 40,000 participants.

Since entering the China market 5 years ago, magnetic attachments have been highly regarded as an advanced treatment for effectively retaining an overdenture, and enthusiasm for this technology was shown from the visitors questions.

In the future, expansion of magnetic attachments and the development of the MAGFIT Network is expected for the rapidly growing China market.

PUBLICATIONS

“Strategic use of a new dental magnet system to retain partial and complete overdentures”
P.F. Allen*, A. Ulhug, and J. Kearney (*Cork University, UK)
European Journal of Prosthodontic and Restorative Dentistry, Vol. 13, No. 2

ABSTRACT: Dental management of older adults is becoming increasingly complex. For many, denture wearing difficulties will become a norm, and implant retained prostheses may be beyond their financial resources or unacceptable for other reasons. Patients with limited or no denture wearing experience may not tolerate conventional dentures for functional or psychosocial reason. Incorporation of Dental Magnets into dentures may be useful for patients with limited ability to tolerate or control removable dentures. This paper reports on the use of the MAGFIT system (Aichi Steel, Nagoya, Japan) in three patients with differing clinical problems.

For further information: http://www.fdiworldental.org/resources/4_4prosthodontics.html