Laser-Welded Titanium Frameworks Supported by Implants in the Edentulous Maxilla: A 2-Year Prospective Multicenter Study

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 551-557

  Jemt, Torsten ^a   Bergendal, Birgitta ^b   Arvidsson, Kristina ^c   Bergendal, Tord ^d   Karlsson, Ulf ^e   Linden, Bengt ^f   Palmqvist, Sigvard ^g   Rundcrantz, Torgil ^h   Bergström, Christina ⁱ  

^a BRÅNEMARK CLINIC   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE FOR POSTGRADUATE DENTAL EDUCATION   (Sweden)

^c Dental Education Center   (Sweden)

^d Prosthodontics   (Sweden)

^e Prosthodontics   (Sweden)

^f Prosthodontics   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h Public Dental Health   (Sweden)

ⁱ Study Coordinator   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; GOLD ALLOY; PROCERA; RESIN; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELDING;

ADULT; AGED; DENTAL CASTING TECHNIQUE; DENTAL PORCELAIN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL SOLDERING; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; FEMALE; GOLD ALLOYS; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; LASERS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MAXILLA; METAL CERAMIC ALLOYS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELDING;

EID: 0032195975     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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