Outcome of Brånemark Novum® implant treatment in edentulous mandibles: A retrospective 5-year follow-up study

Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 330-337

  Gualini, Federico ^a   Gualini, Gianluigi ^a   Cominelli, Roberto ^a   Lekholm, Ulf ^b  

^a Gualini Specialist Clinic   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5 year follow up study; Br nemark Novum implants; Edentulous mandibles; Retrospective

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449436429     PISSN: 15230899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8208.2008.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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