Abutment screw loosening in single-implant restorations: A systematic review

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 681-690

  Theoharidou, Anna ^a   Petridis, Haralampos P ^a   Tzannas, Konstantinos ^b   Garefis, Pavlos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DCS Company   (Greece)

Author keywords

Implant complications; Implant geometry; Meta analysis; Screw loosening; Single implants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL IMPLANTS, SINGLE-TOOTH; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; HUMANS;

EID: 50849144834     PISSN: 08822786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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