A role for surface topography in creating and maintaining bone at titanium endosseous implants

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 522-534

  Cooper, Lyndon F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; TITANIUM;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE REGENERATION; CELL ADHESION; HUMAN; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; HUMANS; OSSEOINTEGRATION; OSTEOGENESIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 0034328195     PISSN: 00223913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpr.2000.111966     Document Type: Article

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