A 5‐year prospective randomized clinical trial on the influence of splinted and unsplinted oral implants retaining a mandibular overdenture: prosthetic aspects and patient satisfaction
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
- Vol. 26 (3), 195-202
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2842.1999.00369.x
Abstract
Prosthetic outcome and patient satisfaction were evaluated in order to investigate whether there is a need or advantage to splint two implants in the mandible retaining a hinging overdenture. This st...Keywords
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