Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 86, Issue 6 , Pages 603-607 , December 2001

Retention of maxillary implant overdenture bars of different designs

Presented in part at the 78th General Session of the IADR, Washington DC, April 2000, and at the Joint Symposium of the American Academy and International Congress of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Kauai, Hawaii, November 2000.

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☆ aLecturer, Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, Biomaterials, and Hospital Dentistry, UCLA School of Dentistry. Private practice, Mesa, Ariz.

☆☆ bLecturer, Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, Biomaterials, and Hospital Dentistry, UCLA School of Dentistry.

★ cAssistant Professor, Department of Prosthetics and Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Kanagawa Dental College.

★★ dAssociate Professor, Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, Biomaterials, and Hospital Dentistry, UCLA School of Dentistry.

♢ eProfessor of Biomaterials Science, Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, Biomaterials, and Hospital Dentistry, UCLA School of Dentistry.

♢♢ Reprint requests to: Dr Angelo Caputo, Department of Biomaterials Science, Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, Biomaterials, and Hospital Dentistry, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Fax: (310)206-5539, E-mail: angeloc@dent.ucla.edu

PII: S0022-3913(01)08645-0

doi: 10.1067/mpr.2001.120838

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 86, Issue 6 , Pages 603-607 , December 2001

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