Not all dental implants are designed to hold a crown or artificial tooth. Dental implants can also be used for magnetic attachments designed to match small metal disks or magnets inside a set of dentures. Magnetic attachments allow a patient with dentures to easily keep their dentures in place without the need for denture adhesive cream. Many patients dislike the taste or feel of denture adhesive, and it may not always work as intended. It’s not uncommon for adhesive to fail at the most inopportune times or to be difficult to remove at the end of the day. A magnetic attachment keeps dentures secure while still making it easy for the patient to put in and take out. Magnetic attachments are simply made of a conventional dental implant with a body and a screw, but the abutment is specially designed for use with one or more sets of magnetic dentures.