Clinical Assessment and Surgical Implications of Anatomic Challenges in the Anterior Mandible

Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 219-225

  Mraiwa, Nuri ^b   Jacobs, Reinhilde ^b,d   Van Steenberghe, Daniel ^a,b,c   Quirynen, Marc ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c P I Branemark Chair Osseointegration

^d Oral Imaging Center   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dental implant; Incisive nerve; Inferior alveolar nerve; Mandible; Mental foramen

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANATOMY; BLEEDING; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTAL RADIOLOGY; DENTAL SURGERY; ESTHETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL RISK; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 1342324008     PISSN: 15230899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8208.2003.tb00204.x     Document Type: Review

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