Open or submerged healing of implants with platform switching: A randomized, controlled clinical trial

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 374-384

  Enkling, Norbert ^a   Jöhren, Peter ^b   Klimberg, Torben ^a   Mericske Stern, Regina ^a   Jervøe Storm, Pia Merete ^c   Bayer, Stefan ^c   Gülden, Norbert ^d   Jepsen, Søren ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Bone loss; Bone level alteration; Cultivation; Healing mode; Implant's inner cavity; Non rigid connection; Open healing; Platform switching; Submerged healing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BONE REGENERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTURE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; JAW; MALE; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PLAQUE; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; WOUND HEALING;

ALVEOLAR PROCESS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CROWNS; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79952244124     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2010.01683.x     Document Type: Article

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