Bone Regenerative Techniques in Endodontic Microsurgery

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Apical Periodontitis

Treatments: Device: Foundation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04514991

833538

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this randomized controlled clinical trial was to evaluate two dimensionally and 3-dimensionally the effect of resorbable collagen-based bone filling material on periapical healing following endodontic microsurgery (EMS) on endodontic lesions presenting four-wall defect.

Enrollment: 67 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy adult.
• Intact coronal restoration with no sign of leakage.
• Class B (small lesion) and C (large lesion) periapical lesions. (Kim and Kratchman 2006)

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with medical conditions and contraindications to surgery.
• Minors.
• Pregnancy.
• Teeth with signs of coronal leakage.
• Teeth with vertical root fractures.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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67 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Surgical sites (osteotomy) assigned to this group received endodontic microsurgery procedure+ Foundation (J. Morita USA).

Treatment:

Device: Foundation

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Surgical sites (osteotomy) assigned to this group receives endodontic microsurgery procedure only.