How successful are small-diameter implants? A literature review

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 515-525

  Sohrabi, Keyvan ^a   Mushantat, Ammar ^b   Esfandiari, Shahrokh ^b   Feine, Jocelyne ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Edentulism; Flapless surgery; Small diameter implants; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

BONE REGENERATION; DENTAL SURGERY; EDENTULOUSNESS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; OSSEOINTEGRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859699242     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2011.02410.x     Document Type: Review

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