Efficacy of dental implants placed into fibula-free flaps for orofacial reconstruction

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-88

  Kramer, Franz Josef ^a   Dempf, Rupert ^a   Bremer, Bernd ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental implants; Fibula free flap; Orofacial reconstruction; Resonance frequency analysis (RFA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; JAW; JAW TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORAL SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; VIBRATION;

ADULT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; JAW; JAW NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 17444369375     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2004-01040.x     Document Type: Article

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