Long-term outcome of dental implants placed in revascularized fibula free flaps used for the reconstruction of maxillo-mandibular defects due to extreme atrophy

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-91

  Chiapasco, Matteo ^a   Romeo, Eugenio ^a   Coggiola, Alberto ^a   Brusati, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Fibula; Oral implant; Reconstruction; Revascularized flap; Surgical procedure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ALVEOLAR RIDGE AUGMENTATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650201915     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2010.01999.x     Document Type: Article

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