Atrophy of the residual alveolar ridge following tooth loss in an historical population

Oral Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-44

  Reich, K M ^a,b   Huber, C D ^a,b   Lippnig, W R ^a   Ulm, C ^a   Watzek, G ^a,b   Tangl, S ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alveolar ridge resorption; Dental implants; Denture adverse effects; Jaw atrophy; Pathoaetiology; Residual ridge; Tooth loss

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR BONE; ALVEOLAR RIDGE; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTORICAL PERIOD; HUMAN; JAW ATROPHY; JAW DISEASE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; TRABECULAR BONE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ATROPHY; BONE RESORPTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; PALEODONTOLOGY; PERIODONTAL ATROPHY; TOOTH LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650159605     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2010.01699.x     Document Type: Article

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