BS EN ISO 13017:2020

What is ISO 13017 about?  

ISO 13017 discusses dental magnetic attachments. ISO 13017 specifies requirements and test methods for assessing the applicability of dental magnetic attachments that provide retention, support, and stabilization of removable prostheses (crowns and bridges, partial dentures, and overdentures), superstructures of dental implants, and orthodontic or maxillofacial prostheses including obturators. 

Magnetic attachments shall be clearly and accurately marked to identify the product name or an appropriate abbreviation (code) and the product size. 

Who is ISO 13017 for? 

ISO 13017 on dental magnetic attachments is useful for: 

• Manufacturers of dental fittings 
• Dentists  
• Test centres for dental fittings / researchers 
• Regulatory authorities 

Why should you use ISO 13017? 

The dental magnetic attachment device provides retention of a prosthesis mainly utilizing magnetic attraction. Their excellent magnetic character properties permit predictable clinical applications and use. 

ISO 13017 guidelines help you with requirements, preparation of test specimens, and test methods that include magnetic flux leakage, retentive force, and corrosion resistance. ISO 13017 also provides information, instruction to use, labelling, and marking for magnetic attachments. This ensures acceptable quality for magnetic attachments. 

What’s changed since the last update? 

BS EN ISO 13017:2020 supersedes ISO 13017:2012, which has been withdrawn. BS EN ISO 13017:2020 has some technical changes with respect to ISO 13017:2012. These include: 

• Addition of ISO 14233 to Clause 2 
• Addition of lead as a hazardous element and cleaning method of test specimens prepared for the retentive force 
• Change of the device for retentive force to a single shaft type 
• Specification of the performance of the device with respect to moving friction force and modification of specimen tables 
• Change of a crosshead speed in measuring retentive force from 5,0 mm min−1 to 2,0 mm min−1