title: Implant position following HA-augmentation of the mandible.
abstract: The transverse inclination, height and width of 20 lingually placed hydroxylapatite (HA) implants, to augment the atrophic mandibular ridge, were examined using computed tomography of cross sections through the first molar region. Favourable prosthetic conditions are achieved if the HA-implants are placed in a lingual position. This is the case when the transverse inclination varies from 65 to 85 degrees.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, University of Goettingen, Germany.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Engelke
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Engelke
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Koerber
mesh_terms: D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D000543:Alveoloplasty; D001284:Atrophy; D017886:Durapatite; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006882:Hydroxyapatites / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013165:Splints; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014727:Vestibuloplasty
chemical_list: D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D017886:Durapatite