A keeper for an implant comprising a keeper body made of a soft-magnetic material, which has a recess for receiving an abutment head having an internally threaded hole, and an internally threaded hole extending along its center axis in communication with the recess, and a screw member threadably engageable with the internally threaded holes of the keeper body and the abutment, whereby the keeper body is tightly fastened to the abutment by tension exerted by the screw member threadably engaging the internally threaded holes of the keeper body and the abutment.