Guided implant placement and immediate prosthesis delivery using traditional brånemark system abutments: A pilot study of 23 patients

Implant Dentistry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-135

  Balshi, Stephen F ^a,b   Wolfinger, Glenn J ^b   Balshi, Thomas J ^b  

^a CM Ceramics USA   (United States)

^b Institute for Facial Esthetics   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD CAM; Dental implants; Guided implant placement; Immediate loading; Tissue integrated prosthesis; Transmucosal abutments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PILOT STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL MODELS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL RESTORATION, TEMPORARY; DENTURE, COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; LIFE TABLES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PILOT PROJECTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50949133388     PISSN: 10566163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ID.0b013e318177798e     Document Type: Article

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