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The Impact of Immediate Implant Placement on Alveolar Ridge Preservation Techniques

An interventional study of Alveolar Ridge Preservation in Post-Extraction Socket, Immediate Implant Placement and Alveolar Ridge Preservation, sponsored by Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele. Completed at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-04-17.

Sponsored by Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

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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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

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Conditions studied

  • Post-Extraction Socket
  • Immediate Implant Placement
  • Alveolar Ridge Preservation
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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

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.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
30 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    natural healing

    no treatment and the coagulum within the socket is left open for spontaneous healing

  • Experimental
    Alveolar Ridge Preservation

    A bone substitute material (BioOss Collagen) is placed within the bony envelope at least to the level of the palatal/ lingual bone plate. Subsequently, the soft tissue borders of the alveole is de-epithelialized using a diamond drill under copious irrigation with water. A collagen matrix (Mucograft Seal) is adapted to the soft tissue borders again using single interrupted sutures.

    Device: Alveolar Ridge Preservation

  • Experimental
    Immediate Implant + Alveolar Ridge Preservation

    An immediate implant (Winsix) placement is performed. After implant insertion, a bone substitute material (BioOss Collagen) is placed in the gap occurred between the implant surface and the hard tissue walls of the extraction socket at least to the level of the palatal/ lingual bone plate. Subsequently, the soft tissue borders of the alveole is de-epithelialized using a diamond drill under copious irrigation with water. A collagen matrix (Mugograft Seal) is adapted to the soft tissue borders again using single interrupted sutures.

    Device: Alveolar Ridge Preservation

Interventions

  • DeviceAlveolar Ridge Preservation

    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.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Hard tissue volumetric changes

    Bone volumes changes at tooth extraction site

    Time frame: 4 months

  2. Soft tissue volumetric changes

    Soft tissue volumes changes at tooth extraction site

    Time frame: 4 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Keratinezed tissue (KT)

    KT width changes at tooth extraction site

    Time frame: 4 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
    Milano, MI 20132, Italy
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References and documents

Publications

  • Jung RE, Philipp A, Annen BM, Signorelli L, Thoma DS, Hammerle CH, Attin T, Schmidlin P. Radiographic evaluation of different techniques for ridge preservation after tooth extraction: a randomized controlled clinical trial. J Clin Periodontol. 2013 Jan;40(1):90-8. doi: 10.1111/jcpe.12027. Epub 2012 Nov 19. PubMed 23163915 ↗
  • Clementini M, Castelluzzo W, Ciaravino V, Agostinelli A, Vignoletti F, Ambrosi A, De Sanctis M. The effect of immediate implant placement on alveolar ridge preservation compared to spontaneous healing after tooth extraction: Soft tissue findings from a randomized controlled clinical trial. J Clin Periodontol. 2020 Dec;47(12):1536-1546. doi: 10.1111/jcpe.13369. Epub 2020 Oct 21. PubMed 32956551 ↗
  • Clementini M, Agostinelli A, Castelluzzo W, Cugnata F, Vignoletti F, De Sanctis M. The effect of immediate implant placement on alveolar ridge preservation compared to spontaneous healing after tooth extraction: Radiographic results of a randomized controlled clinical trial. J Clin Periodontol. 2019 Jul;46(7):776-786. doi: 10.1111/jcpe.13125. Epub 2019 May 31. PubMed 31050359 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03422458
Lead sponsor
Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Collaborators
Osteology Foundation
Responsible party
Marco Clementini (Research fellow, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 5, 2018
Start date
Jan 1, 2016
Primary completion
Apr 11, 2018
Completion
Apr 11, 2018
Last update
Apr 17, 2019

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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