One-time Abutment Placement Versus 4 Times Abutment Removal on Interproximal Bone Levels and Peri-implant Soft Tissues: a Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Dental Implant
- Sponsor
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Enrollment
- 43
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Changes in interproximal bone levels
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Introduction: the repeated connection and disconnection of healing abutments during dental implants´ osseointegration has been associated with significant increased peri-implant bone loss, when compared with placing the final prosthetic abutment during implant placement surgery and non-removing it ever again. Previous data from animal studies suggests that the higher the number of removals of the healing abutments, the greater the bone resorption around implants, however the evidence in humans is scarce and heterogeneous. Furthermore, this greater bone resorption has been claimed to be associated to the inflammatory status of the peri-implant soft tissues, which would be greater as a consequence of the repeated disruption of the soft-tissues attachment to the prosthetic abutment, and the hypothetical microbial contamination of the implant-abutment interphase, induced by the repeated manipulation of the prosthetic components.
Objective: to evaluate the changes in peri-implant crestal bone levels between two prosthetic protocols, the control being the conventional protocol where healing abutments are placed during surgery and removed four times before the delivery of the final abutment and prostheses, and the test protocol where definitive abutments are placed immediately after implant placement and are not removed ever again.
Material and methods: 80 platform switched implants will be placed in the posterior maxilla or mandible of 40 partial edentulous patients. Immediately after implant placement, patients will be randomized to receive the definitive abutment at the moment of implant placement (one abutment-one time protocol), or 12 weeks later, after removing the healing abutment four times during the confection of the final prostheses, following the conventional protocol for implant supported restorations. The day of prostheses delivery, a mucosal biopsy from the implant surrounding tissues will be taken for histomorphometric and immunohistochemical analyses of the inflammatory response of the peri-implant soft tissues. Radiographic assessment of vertical bone level changes (primary outcome), clinical status of peri-implant tissues, changes in soft tissues margin, patient related outcomes and adverse events will be assessed at 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after loading.
Investigators
Ana Molina Villar
Assistant Professor
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •At least two adjacent missing teeth in the posterior maxilla or mandible (positions 4 to 7)
- •Willing to receive implant supported fixed partial dentures
- •There must be a natural tooth mesial to the most proximal implant site, however free end situations will be allowed for the distal implants
- •Healed sites (minimum 12 weeks post-extraction)
- •In the case of prior bone augmentation, a minimum of 6 months of healing is required
- •Simultaneous bone augmentation will be allowed only for close sinus lifting
Exclusion Criteria
- •Systemic exclusion criteria:
- •Medical conditions requiring prolonged use of steroids and/or medications that can interfere with bone metabolism
- •History of leukocyte dysfunction and deficiencies
- •History of neoplastic disease requiring the use of radiation or chemotherapy
- •History of renal failure
- •Metabolic disorders such as osteoporosis
- •History of uncontrolled endocrine disorders
- •Physical handicaps that would interfere with the ability to perform adequate oral hygiene
- •Alcoholism or drug abuse
- •History of immunodeficiency syndromes
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Changes in interproximal bone levels
Time Frame: Implantation, prosthesis loading, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months
Changes at the mesial and distal crestal bone levels measured in periapical digital radiographs at the mesial and distal implant aspects
Secondary Outcomes
- Mobility(Prosthesis loading, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months)
- Clinical crown length of the implant supported crown(Prosthesis loading, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months)
- Papilla index(Prosthesis loading, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months)
- Immunohistochemical analysis of the histologic sections(Prosthesis loading)
- Keratinized peri-implant mucosa(Prosthesis loading, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months)
- Modified plaque index(Prosthesis loading, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months)
- Probing depth(Prosthesis loading, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months)
- Clinical crown length of the adjacent tooth(Prosthesis loading, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months)
- Sulcus bleeding index(Prosthesis loading, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months)
- Adverse events(Prosthesis loading, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months)
- Patient-reported outcomes(Prosthesis loading, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months)
- Hystomorphometric analysis of soft tissue biopsy samples(Prosthesis loading)