Medicolegal Aspects of Altered Sensation Following Implant Placement in the Mandible

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 413-415

  Chaushu, Gavriel ^a   Taicher, Shlomo ^a   Halamish Shani, Talia ^b   Givol, Navot ^a,b,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Medical Risk Management Company   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Malpractice; Mandibular implants; Nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; ISRAEL; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BICUSPID; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036560379     PISSN: 08822786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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