Ambiguity in bone tissue characteristics as presented in studies on dental implant planning and placement: A systematic review

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 789-801

  Ribeiro Rotta, Rejane Faria ^a,b   Lindh, Christina ^b   Pereira, Andrea Castro ^a   Rohlin, Madeleine ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone density; Dental implant; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; JAW; JAW DISEASE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

BONE DENSITY; BONE RESORPTION; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; JAW; JAW DISEASES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING;

EID: 79960237817     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2010.02041.x     Document Type: Article

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