Changes in passive tactile sensibility associated with dental implants following their placement

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 266-272

  El Sheikh, Ali M ^a   Hobkirk, John A ^b,d   Howell, Peter G T ^b   Gilthorpe, Mark S ^c  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental implants; Passive tactile sensibility; Sensory thresholds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDENTULOUSNESS; HEALING; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOUCH; VELOCITY; AGED; BONE REGENERATION; DENTAL CARE; DENTURE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

AGED; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 0038749479     PISSN: 08822786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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