1. Alveolar bone loss in overdentures: a 5-year study.
- Author
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Crum RJ and Rooney GE Jr
- Subjects
- Aged, Bone Resorption pathology, Denture, Complete, Lower, Denture, Complete, Upper, Humans, Male, Mandible pathology, Maxilla pathology, Middle Aged, Proprioception, Time Factors, Tooth physiology, Alveolar Process pathology, Bone Resorption etiology, Denture, Complete adverse effects, Denture, Overlay adverse effects
- Abstract
The results of a 5-year clinical study show that patients treated with complete maxillary dentures and mandibular overdentures demonstrate less vertical alveolar bone reduction than patients with complete maxillary and mandibular dentures.
- Published
- 1978
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