Scalloped dental implants: A retrospective analysis of radiographic and clinical outcomes of 17 NobelPerfect™ implants in 6 patients

Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Nowzari, Hessam ^a,c   Chee, Winston ^a   Yi, Klaus ^a   Pak, Mark ^b   Chung, Woun Ho ^b   Rich, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone loss; Maxillary anterior; Papillae formation; Retrospective; Scalloped dental implant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744903162     PISSN: 15230899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/j.6480.2005.00034.x     Document Type: Article

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