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One-stage Versus Two-stage Inverted U-shaped Ridge Splitting

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Maxillary Ridge Augmentation
Registration Number
NCT04720495
Lead Sponsor
Hams Hamed Abdelrahman
Brief Summary

Fourteen patients having anterior maxillary undercut defect were selected to match a list of inclusion and exclusion criteria.

The participants were randomly allocated using a computer system into two groups:

Group A undergo inverted U-shaped maxillary ridge splitting using piezotomes with simultaneous implant placement in the same surgery.

Group B undergo inverted U-shaped maxillary ridge splitting as a first stage and after four weeks, ridge expansion and implant placement will be performed with only envelop flap.

Assessment included measurements of bone gain at the undercut defect and bone density labial to implants in each group from the cone-beam computed tomography

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
14
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in bone density buccal to the implantbaseline and 4 months

Bone density was evaluated by CBCT

Change in bone width gain at the undercut areabaseline and 4 months

Bone width gain was evaluated by CBCT

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Outpatient Clinic of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University

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Alexandria, Egypt

Outpatient Clinic of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University
🇪🇬Alexandria, Egypt

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