A review of esthetic pontic design options

Quintessence International

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 736-746

  Edelhoff, Daniel ^a   Spiekermann, Hubertus ^a   Yildirim, Murat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

All ceramic gingival mask; Gingival shade guide; Pontic design; Ridge preservation; Soft tissue conditioning

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS;

CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; DENTAL CARE; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; GINGIVA; HUMAN; JAW; MAXILLA; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPEECH; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ALVEOLAR PROCESS; CERAMICS; COLOR; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTURE DESIGN; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; GINGIVA; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; MAXILLA; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SPEECH; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0036878339     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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