Alveolar bone dimensional changes of post-extraction sockets in humans: A systematic review

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1048-1058

  Van Der Weijden, Fridus ^a,b   Dell'Acqua, Federico ^c   Slot, Dagmar Else ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Clinic for Periodontology   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone loss; Bone resorption; Dimensional height and width changes; Post extraction socket; Residual ridge resorption; Systematic review; Tooth extraction

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH SOCKET;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; HUMANS; SMOKING; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH SOCKET;

EID: 73149085727     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2009.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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