A pilot study to evaluate the success and survival rate of titanium-zirconium implants in partially edentulous patients: Results after 24 months of follow-up

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 873-881

  Barter, Stephen ^a   Stone, Paul ^b   Brägger, Urs ^c  

^a Perlan Specialist Dental Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Blackhills Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dental implant; Human study; Mini implant; Reduced diameter implant; Titanium zirconium alloy; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOOTH IMPLANT; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84862175068     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2011.02231.x     Document Type: Article

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