Long-term Follow up of Mucosal Tissue Height Influence on Peri-implant Bone Levels.
Influence of Mucosal Tissue Height on Implant Crestal Bone Stability: A Longitudinal 10-year Cohort Study
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interventional
59
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Brief Summary
Our study looks into how the thickness of the gum tissue affects the health of the bone around dental implants over ten years. We include 59 people and divide them into three groups based on their gum tissue thickness. Some have naturally thin gums, some have thin gums that were made thicker with a special procedure, and some already had thick gums. We try to find out if having thicker gums, whether naturally or through enhancement, can help keep the bone around dental implants healthy in the long run.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Jan 2021
1 active site
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Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 7, 2021
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 15, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 1, 2022
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 4, 2024
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 8, 2024
CompletedMarch 8, 2024
March 1, 2024
1.6 years
March 4, 2024
March 4, 2024
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Crestal Bone Levels
Assessment of changes in crestal bone level (CBL)
10 year follow up
Secondary Outcomes (3)
PPD
10 year follow up
BOP
10 year follow up
PI
10 year follow up
Study Arms (3)
Natural Thin Gums
EXPERIMENTALNatural Thick Gums
EXPERIMENTALSurgically augmented Thin Gums
EXPERIMENTALInterventions
Patients with thin tissues received implants 10 years ago and are now followed up after 10 years.
Patients with thick tissues received implants 10 years ago and are now followed up after 10 years.
Patients with thin tissues received soft tissue augmentation and implants 10 years ago and are now followed up after 10 years.
Eligibility Criteria
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Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
VIC Clinic
Vilnius, 01362, Lithuania
Related Publications (1)
Puisys A, Linkevicius T. The influence of mucosal tissue thickening on crestal bone stability around bone-level implants. A prospective controlled clinical trial. Clin Oral Implants Res. 2015 Feb;26(2):123-9. doi: 10.1111/clr.12301. Epub 2013 Dec 9.
PMID: 24313250BACKGROUND
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- SCREENING
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate Professor and Chair Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 4, 2024
First Posted
March 8, 2024
Study Start
January 7, 2021
Primary Completion
August 15, 2022
Study Completion
October 1, 2022
Last Updated
March 8, 2024
Record last verified: 2024-03
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR
We plan to make de-identified individual participant data (IPD) from our study on dental implant techniques available to other researchers upon request.