Annual failure rates and marginal bone-level changes of immediate compared to conventional loading of dental implants. A systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 671-687

  Engelhardt, Sebastian ^a   Papacosta, Petros ^b   Rathe, Florian ^c,d   Özen, Jülide ^e   Jansen, John A ^b   Junker, Rüdiger ^c  

^a Section Parodontologie   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Austria   (Austria)

^d Private Practice   (Germany)

^e Private Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone implant interactions; Periodontology; Prosthodontics; Surgical techniques

Indexed keywords

TOOTH IMPLANT;

BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL RESTORATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TOOTH IMPLANT; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE DENSITY; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE DENTAL IMPLANT LOADING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928213044     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/clr.12363     Document Type: Article

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