Use of a single implant to retain a mandibular complete overdenture on the compromised atrophic alveolar ridge: A case report

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 138-143

  Schneider, Galen B ^a   Synan, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

atrophic mandible; decision making; implant; overdenture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960110601     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: 17544505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2011.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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