#22 DISPLAYS THE PINBALL ATTACHMENT BY STRAUMANN -   IN THE DENTURE IS
THE RETENTIVE ELLIPTICAL MATRIX INCLUDING THE LAMELLA  INSERT. THIS INSERT
TURNED CLOCKWISE WILL INCREASE RETENTION; COUNTER CLOCKWISE WILL
DECREASE RETENTION. IF SPUN-OUT COMPLETELY, IT CAN BE REMOVED AND
REPLACED WHEN NECESSARY. VERY INGENIOUS ON STRAUMANN'S PART! MANY
SUCCESSFUL RESTORATIONS BY DEPOT LAB WITH THIS SYSTEM.
#27 DISPLAYS A
STANDARD STERNS
ATTACHMENT
PURCHASED THROUGH
STER-GOLD. IN THIS
CASE THE ABUTMENT
WAS PLACED INTO THE
PATIENT'S EXISTING
ROOT STRUCTURE; THE
RETENTIVE CAP, BEING
PLASTIC, IS BURIED IN
THE ACRYLIC DURING
PROCESSING.

ALTHOUGH EACH
ATTACHMENT IS
DIFFERENT, THE
PROCEDURE BY THE LAB
IS RELATIVELY THE
SAME.
IMPORTANT IS THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DOCTOR AND THE
LAB. ULTIMATELY THAT COMMUNICATION WILL PROVE TO BE THE KEY
TO CASE SUCCESS.
(6) abutment case     
          with bar
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