NCT07386301

Open Membrane Technique as an Innovative Minimally Invasive Technique for Bone Augmentation

Open Membrane Technique as an Innovative Minimally Invasive Technique for Hard and Soft Tissue Augmentation: a Retrospective Case Series

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: Saint-Joseph University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 17 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Sixteen patients with horizontal deficiencies in the posterior mandible were treated with "the Open Membrane Technique" (OMT). Dense PTFE membranes covering an allograft biomaterial were used without any attempt to passivate the flap. Flap closure with an open wound (membrane exposure) was monitored weekly for up to 6w at the time of membrane removal. At implant placement, soft and hard tissue gains were assessed clinically and radiographically. Bone cores were harvested for histological analysis from the implant preparation sites

Conditions

• Bone Graft
• Keratinized Tissue

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Bone Augmentation	Dense PTFE membranes covering an allograft biomaterial were used without any attempt to passivate the flap

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-01
• Primary completion: 2025-11-01
• Completion: 2025-11-01
• First posted: 2026-02-04
• Last updated: 2026-02-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Lebanon