Establishment of the epithelial attachment and connective tissue adaptation to implants installed under the concept of "platform switching": A histologic study in minipigs

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-94

  Farronato, Davide ^a   Santoro, Giacomo ^a   Canullo, Luigi ^b   Botticelli, Daniele ^c,d   Maiorana, Carlo ^a   Lang, Niklaus P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Ariminum Odontologica ^*

^c ARDEC   (Italy)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biologic width; Connective tissue adaptation; Epithelial attachment; Healing; Oral implants; Platform switching

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DENTURE; METHODOLOGY; MINIPIG; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ANIMALS; BONE RESORPTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; EPITHELIAL ATTACHMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 84055183061     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2011.02196.x     Document Type: Article

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