Clinical wear of overdenture ball attachments after 1, 3 and 8 years

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1270-1274

  Fromentin, Olivier ^a,b   Lassauzay, Claire ^c,d   Nader, Samer Abi ^e   Feine, Jocelyne ^e   De Albuquerque, Rubens F ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ball attachment; Implant overdenture; Measurements; Patrix; Wear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL RESTORATION WEAR; DENTURE RETENTION; DENTURE, OVERLAY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 80053921755     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2010.02102.x     Document Type: Article

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