Numerous materials are nowadays used in the fabrication of healing abutments to be used for dental implants. soft tissue response to different healing abutment materials is still to be unraveled. the Aim of this study is to compare the soft tissue response to titanium stock healing abutments to customized composite healing abutments through assessing the level of matrix metalloproteinase-8 in the peri-implant crevicular fluid
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
2ND stage surgery will be performed and stock healing abutment were placed
2ND stage surgery will be performed and composite healing abutment were placed
Alexandria Faculty of Dentistry
Alexandria, Egypt
Change in MMP8 levels
Measuring MMP-8 level around composite and titanium healing abutments with ELISA kit
Time frame: at 2 weeks and 4 weeks
Change in gingival condition
Modified gingival index was used to assess gingival condition The MGI uses a rating score between 0 and 4 0 = absence of inflammation 1. = mild inflammation 2. = mild inflammation 3. = moderate inflmmation 4. = severe inflammation
Time frame: at 2 weeks and 4 weeks
Change in gingival bleeding
Bleeding index will be recorded as present or absent
Time frame: at 2 weeks and 4 weeks
Change in plaque accumulation
Plaque index 0: No plaque is in the area adjacent to the gingiva. Plaque index 1: There is a plaque in the form of a thin film on the gingival margin. Plaque index 2: There is a visible plaque in the gingival pocket and gingival margin. Plaque index 3: There is a dense plaque in the gingival pocket and on the gingival margin.
Time frame: at 2 weeks and 4 weeks
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