Distraction implants - A new possibility for augmentative treatment of the edentulous atrophic mandible: Case report

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 481-485

  Gaggl, A ^a,b   Schultes, G ^a   Karcher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; EDENTULOUSNESS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033371164     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjom.1999.0128     Document Type: Article

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