Microbial leakage through the implant-abutment interface of morse taper implants in vitro

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 328-335

  Aloise, João Pedro ^a   Curcio, Ricardo ^a   Laporta, Marcia Zorello ^b   Rossi, Liliane ^b   da Silva, Adriana Madeira Álvares ^a   Rapoport, Abrão ^a  

^a HOSPITAL HELIÓPOLIS   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Santo Andre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial leakage; Implant abutments; Morse taper dental implants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL LEAKAGE; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS;

EID: 76949102732     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2009.01837.x     Document Type: Article

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