A systematic review of the clinical survival of zirconia implants

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1403-1417

  Hashim, Dena ^a   Cionca, Norbert ^a   Courvoisier, Delphine S ^b   Mombelli, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dental implants; Survival; Systematic review; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

DENTAL MATERIAL; TITANIUM; TOOTH IMPLANT; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL RESTORATION; HUMAN; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TOOTH IMPLANT;

CERAMICS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; HUMANS; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84969822506     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-016-1853-9     Document Type: Review

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