The effect of mandibular denture abstention on masseter muscle thickness in a 97-year-old patient: A case report

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 418-420

  Schimmel, Martin ^a   Loup, Angelica ^a   Duvernay, Elena ^a   Gaydarov, Nikolay ^a   Müller, Frauke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DENTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDENTULOUSNESS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTURE, OVERLAY; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 79952066342     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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