Treatment of the edentulous mandible with a vestibuloplasty combined with Intramobil Zylinder implants: A 5-year follow-up

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 296-300

  Kwakman, J M ^a   Voorsmit, R A C A ^a   Freihofer, H P M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDIBLE; MOUTH MUCOSA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME;

EID: 0031661044     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-4356(98)90714-8     Document Type: Article

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