Retrospective study of 68 implants placed in the pterygomaxillary region using drills and osteotomes

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 720-726

  Peñarrocha, Miguel ^a   Carrillo, Celia ^a   Boronat, Araceli ^a   Peñarrocha, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anatomic buttress; Maxillary atrophy; Pterygoid implants; Pterygomaxillary region

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BONE REGENERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH; SPHENOID; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ATROPHY; BONE RESORPTION; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTURE RETENTION; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; OSSEOINTEGRATION; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH; SPHENOID BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73349088758     PISSN: 08822786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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