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Suspension mechanism of subperiosteal implants in baboons
J M Whittaker1, R A James, J Lozada
1School of Dentistry, Loma Linda University, California 92350.
The Journal of Oral Implantology
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
It has been noted that overloading of an implant can lead to the premature loss of implants (Jones et al., 1979; Travis and Jones, 1986). An understanding of the mechanism by which subperiosteal implants support masticatory loads could lead to appropriate design changes for best utilization of this mechanism and thus increase the predictability of subperiosteal implants (James, 1983). This study attempts to analyze the suspension mechanism in implants recovered from a baboon after 10 years' use.