Immediate and early loading of Straumann implants with a chemically modified surface (SLActive) in the posterior mandible and maxilla: 1-Year results from a prospective multicenter study

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1119-1128

  Ganeles, Jeffrey ^a,b   Zöllner, Axel ^c   Jackowski, Jochen ^c   Ten Bruggenkate, Christiaan ^d,e   Beagle, Jay ^f   Guerra, Fernando ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida Institute for Periodontics and Dental Implants   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f Faculdade de Medicina de Coimbra ^*

Author keywords

Bone level changes; Early loading; Immediate loading; Implant survival; Implants; Multicenter; Radiographs; Randomized

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; DENTAL ALLOY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ACID ETCHING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOLYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACID ETCHING, DENTAL; ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; CROWNS; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL RESTORATION, TEMPORARY; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; DENTURE, PARTIAL, IMMEDIATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54249165459     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2008.01626.x     Document Type: Article

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