An up to 20-year retrospective study of 4-unit fixed dental prostheses for the replacement of 2 missing adjacent teeth

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-266

  De Backer, Hein ^a,b   Van Maele, Georges ^a   De Moor, Nathalie ^b   Van Den Berghe, Linda ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; GOLD ALLOY; ZINC PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PORCELAIN; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTURE DESIGN; DENTURE RETENTION; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; GOLD ALLOYS; HUMANS; MALE; METAL CERAMIC ALLOYS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; POST AND CORE TECHNIQUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH, NONVITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC PHOSPHATE CEMENT;

EID: 44849083125     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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