Implants placed in the nasopalatine canal to rehabilitate severely atrophic maxillae: A retrospective study with long follow-up

Journal of Oral Implantology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 699-706

  Arrocha, David Peñ ^a   Cel, Eugenia ^a   Guirado, Jose Luis Calvo ^b   Canullo, Luigi ^c   Peñarrocha, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c Grande Plotino Torsello Studio di Odontoiatria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dental implants; Maxillary atrophy; Nasopalatine canal

Indexed keywords

TOOTH IMPLANT;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INNERVATION; JAW, EDENTULOUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SURVIVAL; TOOTH IMPLANT; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ZYGOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ZYGOMA;

EID: 84918792062     PISSN: 01606972     EISSN: 15481336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1563/AAID-JOI-D-12-00145     Document Type: Article

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