In vivo analysis of undisturbed biofilm formation, composition and growth on implant abutment restorative materials using a novel implant-supported biofilm device

The University of Sydney0 sites5 target enrollmentMay 17, 2022

Overview

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Registry

who.int

Start Date

May 17, 2022

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

3 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Sponsor

•The inclusion criteria for the potential participants include:
•Adults aged 21 years and more that are suitable for dental implants treatment or have received already an implant that needs to be restored in the posterior region (non\-esthetic sites).
•Medically healthy without any active dental or periodontal diseases.
•Good oral hygiene assessed by a full\-mouth bleeding and plaque score.
•Participants need to be willing to provide informed consent and willing to participate and comply with the study requirements.

•Participants that are not eligible for dental implant treatment. Absolute contraindications to dental implant treatment include recent myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accident, valvular prosthesis surgery, immunosuppression, bleeding issues, active treatment of malignancy, drug abuse, psychiatric illness, and intravenous bisphosphonate use (Hwang \& Wang, 2006\).
•Participants with failing/compromised implants or peri\-implantitis.
•Implant sites located in aesthetic zones, and sites that require tissue augmentation / grafting.
•Pregnant/lactating patients
•Antibiotic therapy in the last 3 months.
•Completely edentulous patients