Maxillary All-On-Four Therapy Using Angled Implants: A 16-Month Clinical Study of 1110 Implants in 276 Jaws

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-287

  Graves, Stuart ^a   Mahler, Brian A ^b   Javid, Ben ^c   Armellini, Debora ^d   Jensen, Ole T ^e,f  

^a Northern Virginia Oral Maxillofacial and Implant Surgery   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

^c ClearChoice Dental Implant Center Washington Metro   (United States)

^d ClearChoice Dental Implant Center Washington Metro   (United States)

^e Implant Dentistry Associates of Colorado   (United States)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

All on Four implant protocol; Edentulous maxilla; Maxillary implants; Pterygomaxillary implants; Tilted implants; Zygomatic implants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BONE RESORPTION; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953902026     PISSN: 10423699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2011.02.002     Document Type: Review

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