Clinical application of stress-breaking ball attachment for implant overdenture

Journal of Prosthodontic Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-144

  Suzuki, Yasunori ^a   Ohkubo, Chikahiro ^a   Kurtz, Kenneth S ^b  

^a TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar ridge; Implant; Implant overdenture; Stress breaking ball (SBB) attachment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877039496     PISSN: 18831958     EISSN: 22124632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpor.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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