Ridge Preservation With New Class of Osteoplastic Materials

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient must have voluntarily signed the informed consent * Males and females, 18 years to 75 years of age * Patient needs single tooth extraction in mandibular or maxillary incisor or pre-molar region and would benefit from prosthetic reconstruction with a dental implant * Patients must be committed to the study and must sign informed consent * Patient in good general health as documented by self assessment Exclusion Criteria: Systemic exclusion criteria: * Patient who has any known diseases (not including controlled diabetes mellitus), infections or recent surgical procedures within 30 days of study initiation * Female patient who are pregnant or lactating or of child bearing potential not using acceptable methods of birth control (hormonal, barriers or abstinence * Patient who are on chronic treatment (i.e., two weeks or more) with any medication known to affect oral status (e.g., phenytoin, dihydropyridine calcium antagonists, cyclosporine, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) within one month of baseline visit * Patient who knowingly has HIV or Hepatitis * Alcoholism or chronically drug abuse causing systemic compromisation * Patient who is a heavy smoker (\>10/cigarettes per day). Local exclusion criteria * Uncontrolled or untreated periodontal disease * Patient who has a full mouth plaque level \>30 % at the enrolment visit * History of local radiation therapy * Presence of oral lesions (such as ulceration, malignancy) * Persistent intraoral infection * Patients presenting clinical and radiological signs and symptoms of maxillary sinus disease * Patient presents an acute endodontic lesion in the test tooth or in the neighbouring areas to the experimental procedure (sites with presence of an asymptomatic chronic lesion are eligible)