Alveolar ridge preservation with a collagen material: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Resorption of the alveolar bone is an unavoidable consequence of tooth extraction when appropriate alveolar ridge preservation (ARP) measures are not taken. The objective of this trial was to test the hypothesis that dimensional changes in the alveolar bone after tooth extraction would be reduced by inserting an equine collagen membrane and a collagen cone to fill and seal the alveolus (as ARP), in comparison to extraction with untreated alveoli.

Methods

In this randomized clinical trial, 31 patients were directly treated with the collagen material after extraction of a tooth from the maxilla (the ARP group). Twenty-nine patients served as the control group. After extraction, no further treatment (i.e., no socket preservation measures) was performed in the control gr

SUBMITTER: Schnutenhaus S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6125670 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature