The purpose of this split-mouth clinical study is to evaluate the clinical, radiographic and histological outcomes of lateral window sinus augmentation with a bovine xenograft or a CPS putty bone substitute in posterior maxillary sites and the survival of implants placed in these sites following healing.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
12
Advanced Education in Periodontology Clinic, Dental School, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Percentage of new bone growth in the maxillary sinus
Difference between the percentage of new bone growth between the two groups as determined by histomorphometric analysis of bone cores retrieved during implant placement surgery.
Time frame: 7 months(plus minus 1 month)
Gain in vertical bone height
Patients will be seen for radiographic evaluation post-sinus surgery. A cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) will be obtained and a blinded investigator will evaluate the vertical bone height at the sites.
Time frame: 6 months (plus or minus 1month)
Radiographic bone density
Patients will be seen for radiographic evaluation. A cone beam computed tomography(CBCT) will be obtained and a blinded investigator will evaluate the volumetric grey values at each site as an index of bone quality.
Time frame: 6 months (plus or minus 1 month)
Primary implant stability
Primary stability of implants placed in the augmented sinuses will be evaluated as a clinical index of bone density.
Time frame: 7 months (plus or minus 1 month)
Marginal bone level maintenance
Intraoral radiographs, using a paralleling technique, with customized film holders will be obtained at baseline (time of abutment connection) and at the 12-month follow-up visit and evaluated by an independent investigator to assess marginal bone levels around the implant platform. The measurements will be performed mesially and distally of each implant.
Time frame: 12 months(plus or minus 1 month)
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