Digital vs. conventional full-arch implant impressions: a comparative study

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1360-1367

  Amin, Sarah ^a   Weber, Hans Peter ^a   Finkelman, Matthew ^a   El Rafie, Khaled ^a   Kudara, Yukio ^a   Papaspyridakos, Panos ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dental implants; digital dentistry; digital implant impressions; edentulous; full arch implant impressions

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DENTAL IMPRESSION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DEVICES; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH ARCH; TOOTH IMPLANT; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DENTAL ARCH; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL IMPRESSION TECHNIQUE; DENTAL MODELS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 85007442754     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/clr.12994     Document Type: Article

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