A retrospective study of edentulous patients rehabilitated according to the 'all-on-four' or the 'all-on-six' immediate function concept using flapless computer-guided implant surgery

European Journal of Oral Implantology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-163

  Puig, Carmen Pomares ^a  

^a Private Pediatric Practice   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computerised tomographic scan; Flapless surgery; Full edentulism; Guided surgery; Immediate loading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956217122     PISSN: 17562406     EISSN: 17562414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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