Immediate provisional restorations to aid in gingival healing and optimal contours for implant patients

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 177-180

  Biggs, Walter F ^a   Litvak, Allen L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL IMPRESSION; DENTURE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; WOUND HEALING;

DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPRESSION TECHNIQUE; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTURE, PARTIAL, TEMPORARY; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; GINGIVA; HUMANS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035434750     PISSN: 00223913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpr.2001.116683     Document Type: Article

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