Could the median-palate accommodate wide-bodied implants in order to support maxillary over-dentures? A radiomorphometric study of human cadavers

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 101-109

  Siddiqi, Allauddin ^a   Kieser, Jules A ^a   De Silva, Rohana K ^b   Mcnaughton, Andrew ^c   Duncan, Warwick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone micro architecture; Bone resorption; Complete edentulism; Implant overdenture; Median palatal region; Micro CT

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MAXILLA; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OVERLAY DENTURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGERY; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; CADAVER; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTURE, OVERLAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MAXILLA; PALATE, HARD; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84890792343     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/clr.12050     Document Type: Article

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