Socket Preservation With Er:YAG and Nd:YAG Lasers

Krizaj d.o.o.29 enrolled

Overview

Alveolar bone regeneration after laser-assisted extraction will be compared with bone regeneration after standard extraction procedure.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Post-extraction Bone Regeneration

Interventions

Er:YAG and Nd:YAG lasersDEVICE

Extraction followed by Er:YAG laser degranulation, Nd:YAG laser disinfection, Er:YAG deepithelialization, Nd:YAG blood clot stabilization and photobiomodulation. The photobiomodulation step repeated on day 3, 5, and 7.

Standard extractionPROCEDURE

Standard extraction procedure

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient requires at least one simple extraction * Voluntary informed consent to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Use of photosensitizing medication * Refuse participation * Require complicated extraction

Locations (1)

Klinika Križaj

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in bone density from immediate post-extraction

Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT)

Time frame: 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Bone density

Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT)

Time frame: 3 months

Bone thickness

Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT)

Time frame: 3 months

Treatment pain

On a pain scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (intolerable pain)

Time frame: day 1

Treatment pain

On a pain scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (intolerable pain)

Time frame: day 3

Treatment pain

On a pain scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (intolerable pain)

Time frame: day 5

Treatment pain

On a pain scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (intolerable pain)

Time frame: day 7

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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