About this trial
Rationale: Early implant placement with alveolar ridge preservation (ARP) using either a collagen matrix or a palatal graft rendered similar esthetic, clinical and PROMs to early implant placement without ARP, up to 1 year after functional loading.
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate esthetic and clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction following single-tooth replacement in the anterior maxilla in patients treated with a xenograft and a collagen matrix or a free connective tissue graft versus spontaneous healing 5 years after loading
Study design: prospective observational study with 5-year follow-up
Intervention (if applicable): not applicable
Main study parameters/endpoints: Comparison of the level of the buccal marginal gingiva (midfacial mucosa level) between ARP versus spontaneous healing
Secondary parameters/endpoint: Peri-implant esthetic score (PES) and white esthetic score (WES), complications, implant survival; and success, Plaque Index, Modified bleeding index, Gingival Index, Probing Depth, PROMs, bone and soft tissue volumetric dimensional changes.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
All patients previously included in the above mentioned RCT.
Disqualifiers
Patients treated with radiotherapy during follow-up in the head-and-neck region or current chemotherapy; disability (mental and/or physical) to maintain basic oral hygiene procedures.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Not listed
Trial groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Erasmus Medical Center
Lead sponsor
Institut Straumann AG
Collaborator