Impact of implant overloading on the peri-implant bone in inflamed and non-inflamed peri-implant mucosa

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 601-610

  Kozlovsky, Avital ^a   Tal, Haim ^a   Laufer, Ben Zion ^b   Leshem, Roy ^c   Rohrer, Michael D ^d   Weinreb, Miron ^a   Artzi, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Private Practice   (Israel)

^c Private Practice   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone loss; Oral implant; Overloading; Peri implantitis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE REGENERATION; DENTURE; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; JAW; MANDIBLE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH OCCLUSION; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL OCCLUSION, TRAUMATIC; DENTAL PLAQUE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; MANDIBLE; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTITIS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 34548689853     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2007.01374.x     Document Type: Article

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