Bacterial leakage in implants with different implant-abutment connections: An in vitro study

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 491-497

  Assenza, Bartolomeo ^a,b   Tripodi, Domenico ^b   Scarano, Antonio ^b   Perrotti, Vittoria ^b   Piattelli, Adriano ^b   Iezzi, Giovanna ^b   D'Ercole, Simonetta ^b  

^a University of Chieti Pescara ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dental implants; In vitro studies; Leakage

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; CEMENTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ABUTMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH IMPLANT; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TORQUE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CEMENTATION; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL IMPLANT-ABUTMENT DESIGN; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL LEAKAGE; DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TORQUE;

EID: 84859506476     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2011.110320     Document Type: Article

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