Immediate loading of 2 (all-on-2) versus 4 (all-on-4) implants placed with a flapless technique supporting mandibular cross-arch fixed prostheses: Preliminary results from a pilot randomised controlled trial

European Journal of Oral Implantology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-217

  Cannizzaro, Gioacchino ^a,b   Felice, Pietro ^a,c   Soardi, Elisa ^a   Ferri, Vittorio ^d   Leone, Michele ^b   Esposito, Marco ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Private Practice   (Italy)

^c Private Practice   (Italy)

^d Private practice   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dental implants; Flapless; Immediate loading; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE DENTAL IMPLANT LOADING; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856371559     PISSN: 17562406     EISSN: 17562414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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