NCT07054008

Microsurgery and Periodontal Healing

The Effect of Microsurgical Approach to Periodontal Flap Healing: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Scientists do research to answer important questions which might help change or improve the way we do things in the future. The investigators know that using glasses with special attachments that provide magnification (dental loupes) for dental procedures results in better healing than not using magnification. This study will test if using a microscope, that gives much higher magnification, can result in even better healing than using dental loupes.

Detailed description

A two-arm split mouth randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of using an experimental microsurgical approach with a digital microscope (Group 1) or standard of care surgical approach with dental loupes (Group 2) on post-operative wound healing of two standardized vertical releasing incisions. The split mouth design will ensure that each patient serves as their own control. The hypothesis is that the wound closure technique in Group 1: Microsurgical approach with digital microscope will have improved periodontal flap vertical releasing incision wound healing as compared to the Group 2: Standard of Care surgical approach with dental loupes.

Conditions

• Periodontal Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Microsurgical approach with Digital Microscope	The incision will be sutured with the use of a digital microscope (30 X) (Group 1). The microsurgical approach is a research only procedure that may add time to the total surgical time (\< 6%).

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-08-31
• Primary completion: 2027-05-31
• Completion: 2027-12-31
• First posted: 2025-07-08
• Last updated: 2025-11-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States