Immediately restored single implants in the aesthetic zone of the maxilla using a novel design: 1-year report

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-454

  Brown, Simon D K ^a   Payne, Alan G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Immediate placement; Immediate restoration; Novel design; Single implant crown

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TOOTH SOCKET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CROWNS; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS, SINGLE-TOOTH; DENTAL MODELS; DENTAL PORCELAIN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL RESTORATION, TEMPORARY; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE DENTAL IMPLANT LOADING; INCISOR; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH SOCKET; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952508381     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2010.02125.x     Document Type: Article

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