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CompletedNCT06780956Updated Jan 17, 2025

Simplified vs Conventional Drilling Protocol for Implant Placment

A Phase 3 interventional study of Conventional and simplfied in MBL and Bone Loss, sponsored by Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-01-17.

Sponsored by Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 years 10 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Dec 2020, registered Oct 2024).
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
46
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

Despite the growing interest in these alternative drilling protocols, there is a lack of robust clinical evidence evaluating their long-term effects on MBL. The aim of the present study was therefore, to evaluate the effect of implant site preparation technique (conventional drilling versus simplfied) on change in the marginal bone level and insertion torque.

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Conditions studied

  • MBL
  • Bone Loss
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In context

Lead sponsor

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia is the lead sponsor of 132 studies on the registry; 18 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients without any systemic pathologies that could be considered grounds for absolute contraindication.
  • Adult patients who agreed to participate in the study and signed the informed consent form.
  • Patients who smoked fewer than ten cigarettes per day.
  • Patients who were not completely edentulous.
  • Patients who were partially edentulous in the posterior maxillary or mandibular area and did not require the use of regenerative techniques.
  • Patients with an area of healed, mature bone at least three months post-extraction.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients missing teeth in the esthetic zones 13-23 and 33-43 (second and fifth sextants).
  • Patients who smoked more than ten cigarettes per day.
  • Patients with a bleeding index greater than 30%.
  • Patients with dental caries or periodontal disease.
  • Pregnant or lactating women.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
46 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    conventional

    Conventional Drilling Protocol

    Other: Conventional

  • Experimental
    simplfied

    simplfied drilling protocol

    Other: simplfied

Interventions

  • OtherConventional

    conventional drilling protocol using full sequence

  • Othersimplfied

    3 burrs for implant placment

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Marginal bone loss (MBL)

    Is a non-infective remodeling process of variable entity occurring after implant placement.

    Time frame: 24 month

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Study locations

1 site
  • UCAM
    Murcia, 30100, Spain
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 17, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06780956
Lead sponsor
Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Responsible party
Artiom Lijnev (MSc, San Antonio Technologies - San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 17, 2025
Start date
Dec 1, 2020
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2023
Completion
Mar 1, 2024
Last update
Jan 17, 2025

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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