ERA Attachments

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The ERA attachment is probably one of the best choices for use with dental implants. The entire attachment apparatus consists of a nylon male that is housed in the overdenture and a titanium female which is inserted into the implant. The females are made to fit most common implant systems. The picture above shows the five male attachments. The Black male is for processing and the four colored males are exhibit varying degrees of retention with white being the least retentive and gray being the most retentive.

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The black male attachment is designed to provide 0.4mm of resilience in the system. It also established the retentive element of the attachment in the overdenture. The black male is seated on the implant abutment female and picked up in acrylic resin in the overdenture. The acrylic resin will form a negative of the retentive flange on the outside perimeter of the black male. When the black male is removed from the overdenture by use of the coring bur, the undisturbed acrylic resin acts as a retentive seat for all future male attachments.

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The white male is the first retentive attachment to be used. It's outer flange will snap into the acrylic resin housing and keep the attachment in place. The attachment functions by virtue of the internal male component which fits tightly into the female implant abutment but yet allows rotation in 360°.

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The ERA Implant Abutment is the female component of the system. The abutment comes in various heights and fits several popular implant systems. The retentive area of the titanium abutment is coated with titanium nitrite to improve wear so that the females significantly outlast the nylon males.

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In the completed restoration, the black processing males are picked up in the overdenture. They are then cored out with the coring drill and the white males are inserted with the insertion tool. For more information, contact APM-Sterngold at 1-800-421-7321.