This study aims to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of different staged ridge-splitting techniques for management of severely resorbed lower jaws in the posterior region. The study is designed as a clinical trial, so that three different interventions would be compared for a conclusion highlighting the relative best of them.
In the context of the care of severely resorbed lower jaws in the posterior region, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of several stepwise ridge-splitting procedures. The study is supposed to be a clinical trial, with the purpose of comparing three distinct therapies in order to get a result that highlights which of them is the most effective in comparison to the others.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
18
Unlike the conventional ridge-splitting where bone grafting is done in the same visit after ridge splitting, modified ridge splitting involves splitting the ridge only at the first visit, then bone grafting is done either alone afterwards in the second visit (Modified 3-Staged Ridge-Splitting Group) and dental implants will be placed in the third visit, or, as in the Modified 2-Staged Ridge-Splitting Group, bone grafting and dental implants placement will be done in the second visit.
Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University
Al Mansurah, Dakahlyia, Egypt
Alveolar ridge width
Radiographically via Cone-beam Computed Tomography (CBCT), the width of the alveolar bone was measured horizontally from the buccal to lingual cortex below the crest of the alveolar bone from 3 levels at 1 mm, 3 mm and 6 mm on three cross-sections by the CBCT software (OnDemand, Cybermed Inc, Korea).
Time frame: immediately after implant placement, immediately after implant loading and six months after implant loading
Implant stability
Smartpeg was installed in the dental implant fixture. From both buccal and lingual directions, an analyzer probe was located closer to the Smartpeg, and the implant stability quotient (ISQ) values were obtained from the Osstell Monitor
Time frame: immediately after implant placement, immediately after implant loading and six months after implant loading
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