Ridge Preservation With New Class of Osteoplastic Materials

Inclusion criteria

• Patient must have voluntarily signed the informed consent
• Males and females, 18 years to 75 years of age
• Patient needs single tooth extraction in mandibular or maxillary incisor or pre-molar region and would benefit from prosthetic reconstruction with a dental implant
• Patients must be committed to the study and must sign informed consent
• Patient in good general health as documented by self assessment

Exclusion criteria

Systemic exclusion criteria:

• Patient who has any known diseases (not including controlled diabetes mellitus), infections or recent surgical procedures within 30 days of study initiation
• Female patient who are pregnant or lactating or of child bearing potential not using acceptable methods of birth control (hormonal, barriers or abstinence
• Patient who are on chronic treatment (i.e., two weeks or more) with any medication known to affect oral status (e.g., phenytoin, dihydropyridine calcium antagonists, cyclosporine, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) within one month of baseline visit
• Patient who knowingly has HIV or Hepatitis
• Alcoholism or chronically drug abuse causing systemic compromisation
• Patient who is a heavy smoker (>10/cigarettes per day).

Local exclusion criteria

• Uncontrolled or untreated periodontal disease
• Patient who has a full mouth plaque level >30 % at the enrolment visit
• History of local radiation therapy
• Presence of oral lesions (such as ulceration, malignancy)
• Persistent intraoral infection
• Patients presenting clinical and radiological signs and symptoms of maxillary sinus disease
• Patient presents an acute endodontic lesion in the test tooth or in the neighbouring areas to the experimental procedure (sites with presence of an asymptomatic chronic lesion are eligible)