Esthetic considerations for reconstructing implant emergence profile using titanium and zirconia custom implant abutments: Fifty case series report

Journal of Oral Implantology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 554-561

  Kutkut, Ahmad ^a   Abu Hammad, Osama ^b   Mitchell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Custom abutment; Dental implant; Titanium; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DENTAL ABUTMENT; DENTAL PROCEDURE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84945200873     PISSN: 01606972     EISSN: 15481336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1563/AAID-JOI-D-12-00274     Document Type: Article

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