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NCT Number: NCT06692244

Efficacy and Safety of Additive Manufacturing Personalized Titanium Mesh in Guided Bone Regeneration

This goal of this single-blind, simple randomized, positive-controlled prospective study is to evaluate the effects of additive-manufactured personalized titanium mesh and traditional titanium mesh in guided bone regeneration for large alveolar bone defects. The study will assess the short-term and long-term efficacy, safety, and incidence of complications of the additive-manufactured personalized titanium mesh, along with an analysis of risk factors. Participants will be followed up for two years after surgery with free-of-charge clinical and radiographic examinations.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510030, China

Location status: Recruiting

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients missing single or multiple teeth with moderate to severe bone defects in the edentulous area requiring complex guided bone regeneration. (Moderate bone defects: bone loss with residual alveolar ridge width between 1 mm and 3 mm; severe bone defects: bone loss with residual alveolar ridge width ≤ 1 mm.)
  • The edge of the edentulous area within 1 mm is alveolar bone, with no adjacent tooth roots or nerve canals, ensuring complete retention of the personalized titanium mesh edge. The apical edge of the edentulous area within 2 mm is alveolar bone, with no nerve canals, ensuring that retention screws for the personalized titanium mesh can be designed in this area.
  • The patient and/or his/her guardian agrees to participate in this trial and signs the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with edentulism.
  • Patients with mild bone defects (residual alveolar ridge width greater than 3 mm).
  • Presence of acute or chronic infection in the surgical area.
  • Presence of acute or chronic infection in the teeth adjacent to the edentulous area.
  • Participation in similar trials or other interventional clinical trials within 30 days prior to signing the informed consent form.
  • History of metal allergies, severe allergy history, or severe immune deficiency.
  • Uncontrolled metabolic diseases, such as Type 1 diabetes or Type 2 diabetes (HbA1c ≥ 7% or fasting blood glucose ≥ 7 mmol/L despite medication control), severe liver or kidney dysfunction (ALT, AST > 2 times the upper limit of normal, serum creatinine above the upper limit of normal).
  • Long-term use of steroid medications.
  • History of drug abuse or alcoholism.
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
  • Poor compliance.
  • Other conditions deemed unsuitable for participation by the investigator.

Treatment and study plan

Guided Bone Regeneration Surgery Using Additive-Manufactured Personalized Titanium Mesh

Procedure

Preoperative CBCT datas of participants are obtained to design and manufacture personalized titanium meshes.Use additive-manufactured personalized titanium meshes for guided bone regeneration.In the bone grafting surgery, the additive-manufactured personalized titanium mesh is used to secure the bone substitutes, with fixation screws used to secure the titanium mesh.

Guided Bone Regeneration Surgery Using Prefabricated Titanium Mesh

Procedure

In bone grafting surgery, prefabricated titanium mesh is used to fix the bone substitutes, and fixation screws are used to secure the titanium mesh.

Primary outcomes

  1. Osteogenesis efficiency

    Time frame: 6 months after surgery

    Based on the oral CBCT imaging data, bone volume is reconstructed for preoperative, the day of surgery, and six months after surgery. Bone volume changes are assessed by using mimics as the bone resorption rate. The bone formation effectiveness is evaluated based on the bone resorption rate.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of titanium mesh exposure

    Time frame: 14 days, 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after surgery

    Record and observe the exposure of the titanium mesh during the healing process.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University

Other

Collaborators

  • Guangzhou Medical University
  • Meizhou People's Hospital
  • Shenzhen Stomatology Hospital
  • Southern Medical University, China

Registry information

Official study title

Efficacy and Safety of Additive Manufacturing Personalized Titanium Mesh in Guided Bone Regeneration: a Randomized, Single-blind, Positive-controlled Prospective Study

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2028
First posted
Nov 18, 2024
Registry last updated
Mar 11, 2025

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