The central single implant in the edentulous mandible: Improvement of function and quality of life - A report of 2 cases

Quintessence International

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 541-548

  Wolfart, Stefan ^a   Braasch, Katja ^a   Brunzel, Simone ^b   Kern, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Central implant; Chewing function; Implant retained overdenture; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

DENTAL IMPLANTS, SINGLE-TOOTH; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTURE PRECISION ATTACHMENT; DENTURE RETENTION; DENTURE, COMPLETE, LOWER; DENTURE, OVERLAY; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 45449094444     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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