Horseshoe Le Fort I osteotomy: An augmentation technique for the severely atrophied maxilla - An eight-year follow-up

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-202

  Gössweiner, Sonja ^a   Watzinger, F ^a   Ackerman, K L ^a   Ewers, Rolf ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone transplant; Endosteal implants; Horseshoe Le Fort I osteotomy; Maxillary atrophy

Indexed keywords

BONE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MASTICATION;

BONE GRAFTING; ENDOSTEAL IMPLANTS; MAXILLARY ATROPHY; OSTEOTOMY;

DENTAL PROSTHESES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA HYPOPLASIA; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTURE, OVERLAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY, LE FORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642633216     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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