A 5-year randomized clinical trial on the influence of splinted and unsplinted oral implants in the mandibular overdenture therapy - Part I: Peri-implant outcome

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 170-177

  Naert, Ignace ^a,c   Gizani, Stella ^a   Vuylsteke, Magda ^b   Van Steenberghe, Daniel ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Oral Pathol MS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ball attachments; Bar; Dental endosseous implants; Magnet; Overdenture; Peri implant diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE REGENERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTIC DEVICE; PERIODONTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTURE PRECISION ATTACHMENT; DENTURE, OVERLAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTAL SPLINTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032083031     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0501.1998.090304.x     Document Type: Article

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