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Implant position following HA-augmentation of the mandible
W G Engelke1, H D Engelke, H J Koerber
1Department of Oral Surgery, University of Goettingen, Germany.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|October 1, 1991
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.