The Socket Shield Technique, a Prospective Cohort Study of 20 Patients

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status: Completed

Conditions: Peri-implant Health

Treatments: Device: oral implant placement with socket shield technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT05902715

S59423

Details and patient eligibility

About

23 implants with socket shield were followed for 18 months. buccal bone thickness and survival rates registered.

Full description

Aims: This study aims to collect data on implant survival, bone volume maintenance, and complications associated with the socket shield technique.

Materials & methods: The study involved the placement of 23 implants using the socket shield technique in 20 patients. AstraTech EV implants were used, and no bone substitutes or connective tissue grafts were applied. Patients were monitored for 18 months, recording implant survival, volumetric bone analysis on CBCT scans, interproximal bone levels, bone sounding, pink esthetic scores, and complications. Prosthetic procedures were also described, including temporary and final restorations.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Hopeless teeth suitable for immediate implant placement

  • Only single-rooted teeth in the maxilla
  • Intact buccal and palatal bone plate
  • Intact buccal root portion
  • Any periodontal phenotype (thin, thick)

Exclusion criteria

• • Horizontal root fracture below bone level

  • Smoking
  • Systemic pathology influencing bone healing
  • Active periodontal disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

oral implant placement with socket shield technique

Experimental group

Description:

cohort of 20 patients in need of tooth replacement with oral implant

Treatment:

Device: oral implant placement with socket shield technique