Reproducibility of the implant crown aesthetic index - Rating aesthetics of single-implant crowns and adjacent soft tissues with regard to observer dental specialization

Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-213

  Gehrke, Peter ^a   Degidi, Marco ^b   Lulay Saad, Zitta ^b   Dhom, Günter ^c  

^a Dent Bismarckstrasse 27   (Germany)

^b NONE

^c Steinbeis University   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Implant Crown Aesthetic (ICA) Index; Implant supported single tooth restoration; Peri implant soft tissue

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949090299     PISSN: 15230899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8208.2008.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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