Lowering of the mouth floor and vestibuloplasty to support a mandibular overdenture retained by two implants. A case report

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Cortell Ballester, Isidoro ^a   Figueiredo, Rui ^a,b   Gay Escoda, Cosme ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^c CENTRO MÉDICO TEKNON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complications in oral implantology; Lowering of the mouth floor; Vestibuloplasty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903884608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19895488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4317/jced.51402     Document Type: Article

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