Pain Severity in Flapless Dental Implant Placement Using Laser

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Jaw, Edentulous, Partially

Treatments: Procedure: Implant Placement; Device: Laser-induced Incision; Procedure: Punch Incision

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06294249

20045125

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this split-mouth randomized clinical trial study was to investigate the effect of using a laser on pain and discomfort following flapless dental implant surgery. It was hypothesized that laser did not have any impact on post-op pain. Therefore, the study aimed to compare pain and discomfort following flapless dental implant surgeries with or without a laser.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Adult human subjects agreed to participate in the study and return on follow-up times
2. Subjects eligible for receiving dental implants
3. Subjects with an edentulous area in the posterior of the mandible bilaterally 3- Subjects with sufficient bone width and height (>5 mm width, and >10 mm height) at the implant sites
4. Subjects with sufficient keratinization tissue at the implant sites

Exclusion criteria

1. Subjects refused to return for follow-up or refused study enrollment.
2. Subjects with uncontrolled systemic diseases
3. Subjects younger than 18 years
4. Subjects receiving psychotropic drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Laser-induced Incision

Experimental group

Description:

The Biolase Epic 10 diode laser device (Biolase, USA) with 940 nm wavelength, 10 W of max output power, 20 KHz of pulse repetition rate, and continuous pulse mode was used.

Treatment:

Device: Laser-induced Incision

Procedure: Implant Placement

Punch Incision

Active Comparator group

Description:

The soft tissue Osstem punch (South Korea) was used.

Treatment:

Procedure: Implant Placement

Procedure: Punch Incision