Survival Rate of Short, Locking Taper Implants with a Plateau Design: A 5-Year Retrospective Study

Background. Short implants have become popular in the reconstruction of jaws, especially in cases with limited bone height. Shorter implants, those with locking tapers and plateau root shapes, tend to have longer survival times. We retrospectively investigated the cumulative survival rates of Bicon...

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Main Authors: Kemal Özgür Demiralp, Nihat Akbulut, Sebnem Kursun, Didem Argun, Nilsun Bagis, Kaan Orhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/197451