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NCT Number: NCT03422458

The Impact of Immediate Implant Placement on Alveolar Ridge Preservation Techniques

It is well known that following the loss of a single tooth, severe hard- and soft-tissue alterations may take place within the affected site, resulting in a subsequent reduction of both vertical and horizontal ridge dimensions, often not allowing neither appropiate pontic fabrication nor correct placement of endosseous implants.

Over the past 20 years, various surgical procedures, grouped under the term of "alveolar ridge preservation" (ARP), have been introduced, aiming to maintain the existing soft and hard tissue envelope as well as a stable ridge volume, simplifying subsequent treatment procedures and optimizing functional and esthetic outcomes. They have been widely tested in controlled and not controlled clinical studies with various materials and approaches, and a number of recently published systematic reviews on this topic have confirmed the efficacy of ARP in preventing post-extraction dimensional changes of alveolar ridges.

After these procedures a minimum of four to six months must be awaited before implant insertion can be performed, bringing the patient compromised comfort, function and aesthetics and needing of a second surgical procedure for the implant placement.

Dental implant insertion at the time of tooth extraction (type I or immediate placement) reduced the number of dental appointments, of surgeries required and the overall treatment time. Nevertheless this surgical protocol does not provide predictable outcomes, since it may contribute towards a more pronounced bone resorption during healing. Different anatomical factors, as the thickness of the buccal bone wall and the dimension of the horizontal gap, may influence the dimensional changes of the alveolar crest following immediate implant placement. Such morphological changes could lead to negative esthetic complications, such as marginal soft tissues recessions, especially when affecting the buccal side of maxillary sites in patients with a high smile line.

It is unknown if immediate implant placement plus grafting materials and/or barrier membranes could influence post-extraction dimensional changes of alveolar ridges. No consensus exists on the need for bone augmentation simultaneously with immediate implant placement. Furthermore, no human study has yet compared dimensional changes of both hard and soft tissues after two different treatments: an alveolar ridge preservation technique for a subsequent implant placement, and an alveolar ridge preservation technique with an immediate implant placement.

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Key information

Conditions

Post-Extraction Socket Alveolar Ridge Preservation Immediate Implant Placement

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele

Milan, MI, 20132, Italy

About this study

Hypothesis/Aims

Primary hypotesis

Placing an immediate implant into a fresh extraction site plus a bone substitute filling and a matrix covering could negatively modify the healing patterns and thus the tissue morphology of the ridge site with regard to:

  • clinical hard tissues dimensions (bone width and height, bone volume)
  • clinical soft tissues dimensions (soft tissues volume, keratinized tissues width and thickness, muco-gingival junction position's modifications, gingival color and texture,)

Secondary hypothesis.

Placing an immediate implant into fresh extraction site plus a bone substitute filling and a matrix covering could negatively influence tissue morphology of the preserved site with regard to:

  • clinical hard tissues dimensions (bone width and height, bone volume)
  • clinical soft tissues dimensions (soft tissues volume, keratinized tissues width and thickness, muco-gingival junction position's modifications, gingival color and texture,)

Aims:

The first aim of this study is to evaluate the possible impact on hard and soft tissue morphological changes of placing an immediate implant in post-extraction site treated by a bone substitute filling and a matrix covering.

The second aim of this study is to compare hard and soft tissue morphological changes in a spontaneous healed extraction site versus a fresh extraction site treated by immediate implant placement plus a bone substitute filling and a matrix covering

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult patients (> 18 years old) requiring extraction (for caries, fracture, periodontitis, prosthetic reasons) and subsequent moderately rough implant-supported single crown of one upper or lower asymptomatic front tooth or premolar
  • Systemically healthy patients not smoking more than 10 cigarettes/day.
  • Oral healty patients with adequate oral hygiene (bleeding on probing < 30%; Plaque index< 30%).

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients smoking more than 10 cigarettes per day.
  • Patients with oral mucosa diseases
  • Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes.
  • Patients with a history of malignancy, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy for malignancy.
  • Patient pregnant or intended to be pregnant or nursing
  • Patients taking medications or having treatments with an effect on mucosal healing in general (e.g. steroids, large doses of antiinflammatory drugs).
  • Patients with a disease affecting connective tissue metabolism.
  • Patients allergic to collagen.

Treatment and study plan

Alveolar Ridge Preservation

Device

Insertion of a bone substitute material (BioOss Collagen) within the bony envelope at least to the level of the palatal/ lingual bone plate. Adaptation of a collagen matrix (Mucograft Seal) to the soft tissue borders.

Primary outcomes

  1. Hard tissue volumetric changes

    Time frame: 4 months

    Bone volumes changes at tooth extraction site

  2. Soft tissue volumetric changes

    Time frame: 4 months

    Soft tissue volumes changes at tooth extraction site

Secondary outcomes

  1. Keratinezed tissue (KT)

    Time frame: 4 months

    KT width changes at tooth extraction site

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele

Other

Collaborators

  • Osteology Foundation

Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of Immediate Implant Placement on Alveolar Ridge Preservation Techniques: a Clinical, Volumetric and Radiological Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Feb 5, 2018
Registry last updated
Apr 17, 2019

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