Mandibular Growth Following Implant Restoration: Does Wolff's Law Apply to Residual Ridge Resorption?

International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 315-321

  Reddy, Michael S ^a,b   Geurs, Nico C ^a   Wang, I Chung ^a   Liu, Perng Ru ^a   Hsu, Yung Tsung ^a   Jeffcoat, Robert L ^a   Jeffcoat, Marjorie K ^a  

^a Univ of Alabama School of Dentistry   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; HYDROXYAPATITE; TITANIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BONE REGENERATION; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; JAW DISEASE; MANDIBLE; OSTEOLYSIS; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATROPHY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE REGENERATION; BONE RESORPTION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTURE DESIGN; DURAPATITE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JAW, EDENTULOUS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TITANIUM;

EID: 0036691623     PISSN: 01987569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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