Platform switching and marginal bone-level alterations: The results of a randomized-controlled trial

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-121

  Canullo, Luigi ^a,b   Fedele, Giampiero Rossi ^c   Iannello, Giuliano ^d   Jepsen, Søren ^b  

^a Private Practice   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Private Practice   (United Kingdom)

^d Data Analyst   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone level; Bone loss; Dental implants; Implant design; Platform switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE REGENERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW; MALE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; OSSEOINTEGRATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72949099260     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2009.01867.x     Document Type: Article

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