Clinical Evaluation of a Modified Method of Vestibuloplasty Using an Implant-Retained Splint

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 624-629

  Heberer, Susanne ^a   Nelson, Katja ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; ORAL SURGERY; SKIN GRAFT; SPLINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLINTS; VESTIBULOPLASTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60249093020     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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