Periotest Comes with Many False Alarms for Predicting Early Implant Loss

Early Implant Failure. Prognostic Capacity of Periotest: Retrospective Study of a Large Sample

Noguerol B, Munoz R, Mesa F, de Dios Luna J, O’Valle F.

Clin Oral Implants Res 2006;17(4):459-64.

To assess Periotest values at first surgery predicts implant loss

In part by Research Group #CTS-503

Retrospective consecutive case-series

a Wilmot Dental Center, 801 N. Wilmot Road, Tucson, AZ 85711

b University of California San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Ste 495, San Francisco, CA 94143-1361

PII: S1532-3382(07)00087-5

doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2007.05.010

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