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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

NCT number NCT01620918
Other study ID # 2012/341
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date August 2012
Est. completion date August 2015

Study information

Verified date November 2021
Source University Ghent
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

- Baseline: - Standard preparation of the osteotomy - Placement of 2 dental implants - On each implant one of both types of healing abutments is placed - Suturing - Standardized radiography to measure bone-levels at baseline - Digital impression of the surrounding gingiva with an intra-oral scanner (a non-invasive method) to measure the baseline level of the gingiva - 2 weeks after Baseline: o Removal of the sutures - 4 weeks after Baseline: - A 2nd digital impression of the soft tissue with an intra-oral scanner - Collecting crevicular fluid by placing paperpoints in the provided apertures in the healing abutments for 60 seconds without bleeding. - Measuring of the pocket depth in the provided apertures in the healing abutments with an automated probe. - Removal of the Healing Abutment with the attached soft tissue en-bloque. - Placement of a new, regular, Encode Healing Abutment. - 10 weeks after Baseline: - Start of standard prosthetic procedure. In this study we expect that the soft tissue attachment (i.e. the gingival attachment) will be stronger and earlier achieved at the nano-structured healing abutments than at the normal, uncoated healing abutments. This would lead to a more stable soft tissue complex on the long rung and thus providing a more predictable aesthetic outcome. Secondly, a stronger attachment would mean a stronger barrier against micro-organisms and might influence the occurrence of peri-implantitis.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 100
Est. completion date August 2015
Est. primary completion date January 2015
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Patients are eligible for this study if they are in need of minimum 2 dental implants and have sufficient bone to place these implants Exclusion Criteria: - All patients with limited bone - Periodontally compromised patients - Patients who took antibiotics 3 months before implantation - Patients with uncontrolled diabetes - Pregnant patients - Patients who received radiotherapy in the head/neck region - Patients under chemotherapy - Patients who had intravenous use of bisphosphonates

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Procedure:
normal healing abutment
Patient receives the normal, uncoated healing abutment on 1 of his (minimal 2) dental implants.
nano-structured healing abutment
Patient receives the nano-structured healing abutment on 1 of his (minimal 2) dental implants.

Locations

Country Name City State
Belgium Ghent University Ghent

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University Ghent

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary The soft-tissue attachment around 2 different surfaces at 4 weeks post-implantation. Genetic evaluation (through Polymerase Chain Reaction, PCR, the tissue will be detected for certain growth factors), histomorphometric analysis to measure the actual percentage of the surface on which the gingiva is attached to, clinical evaluation of the strength of the attachment through means of an automated probe. at 4 weeks post-implantation