NCT02543398

Evaluation of Healing at Molar Extraction Sites With and Without Ridge Preservation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Following tooth extraction ridge preservation procedure have been suggested to limit bone resorptive dimensional changes to facilitate prospective implant placement. While this is particularly true for anterior teeth, no evidence is available to establish clinical guidelines in posterior sites, i.e. following molar extraction. This research project will answer the following question: What are the dimensional changes of the hard and soft tissues encountered following molar extractions with and without ridge preservation?

Conditions

• Loss of Teeth Due to Extraction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Ridge preservation	Ridge preservation is a procedure which consists in grafting the tooth extraction socket with a bone grafting material and cover the site with a membrane to protect the site.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-05-01
• Completion: 2016-07-01
• First posted: 2015-09-07
• Last updated: 2018-06-28
• Results posted: 2017-11-01