The effectiveness of immediate, early, and conventional loading of dental implants: A cochrane systematic review of randomized controlled clinical trials

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 893-904

  Esposito, Marco ^a,b   Grusovin, Maria Gabriella ^a   Willings, Mark ^a   Coulthard, Paul ^a   Worthington, Helen V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dental implants; Early loading; Immediate loading; Randomized controlled clinical trial; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE REGENERATION; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OSSEOINTEGRATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 38149137150     PISSN: 08822786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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