The neurophysiology of osseointegrated oral implants. A clinically underestimated aspect

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-169

  Abarca, M ^a   Van Steenberghe, D ^a,b   Malevez, C ^b   Jacobs, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Oral implants; Osseointegration; Osseoperception; Tactile function; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFLEX; REVIEW; SENSORY RECEPTOR; STIMULATION; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REFLEX; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 33644748097     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2005.01556.x     Document Type: Review

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