Interchangeable Guide in Ridge Splitting Flapless Technique for Implant Placement

Hams Hamed Abdelrahman

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anterior Maxillary Narrow Ridge

Treatments: Procedure: ridge splitting flapless technique using interchangeable guide followed by implant placement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04386382

Ridge splitting

Details and patient eligibility

About

A clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of dental implant placement in narrow ridges after ridge splitting flapless technique using an interchangeable guide.

Full description

A sample was selected conveniently to fulfill a list of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Then the selected participants underwent ridge splitting with the aid of interchangeable guide. After ridge splitting, all patients had simultaneous implant placement followed by clinical and radiographical evaluation over a period of 6 months.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with anterior maxillary narrow ridge
• Patients with adequate alveolar ridge bone height
• Age ranging from 20-40 years.
• Patients should have adequate oral hygiene
• Patients should be free of soft tissue or oral dental pathology
• Patients who accept to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients suffering from relevant systemic and/or metabolic diseases
• Patients suffering from immunosuppressive and/or autoimmune diseases
• Heavy smokers.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 1 patient group

ridge splitting flapless technique using interchangeable guide

Experimental group

Description:

Fabrication of interchangeable surgical guide stent: * Optical scanning of the dental casts was done using Ceramill map 400 * The treatment plan and the surgical stent were designed using Mimics Innovation Suite 19 ™ software * Series of creating and designing special 3D virtual guide slits and boxes that can accommodate and precisely fit the tools used for the ridge splitting technique.

Treatment:

Procedure: ridge splitting flapless technique using interchangeable guide followed by implant placement