To Compare Different Soft Tissue Grafts at the Time of Lateral Ridge Augmentation Procedure.
Bone Graft; Complications, Infection or Inflammation, Ridge Deficency, Dental Implant
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Bone Graft; Complications, Infection or Inflammation focused on measuring Keratinized Tissue, Keratinized mucosa, attached mucosa, dental implants, ridge augmentation, guided bone regeneration, connective tissue graft, acellular demral matrix
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Be a registered University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) dental school patient
- English Speaking
- Healthy enough to undergo the proposed therapy
- Demonstrated willingness to comply with study directions and time-line
- Insufficient alveolar ridge width for endosseous implant placement defined as 5mm or less as determined by bone sounding and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scan.
- Able to read and understand the informed consent form
- Need for implants to replace missing tooth or teeth in at least one quadrant of the mouth.
Exclusion Criteria:
- No English Speaking
- Smokers/ tobacco users (>10 cigarettes a day)
- Less than 18 years old
- Know hypersensitivity to titanium
- Patients with significant medical conditions or habbits expected to interfere with bony healing.
- Patient is a poor compliance risk (i.e., poor oral hygiene, history of alcohol or drug abuse)
- Bone dehiscence of >4mm following tooth extraction or Vertical loss of bone at edentulous ridge
Sites / Locations
- Unversity of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Dentistry
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Active Comparator
connective tissue graft
Acellular Dermal Matrix
No soft tissue graft
Connective tissue grafting (CTG) will be placed at the time of lateral ridge augmentation.Following the placement of the bone graft and the membrane, a CTG will be harvested and sutured to the membrane and then the flaps passively sutured on top on the bone and soft tissue graft
Acellular Dermal matrix (ADM) will be placed at the time of lateral ridge augmentation.Following the placement of the bone graft and the membrane, an ADM will be sutured to the membrane and then the flaps passively sutured on top on the bone and soft tissue graft
Control group where no soft tissue graft is added to the lateral ridge augmentation.Following the placement of the bone graft and the membrane, the flaps passively sutured on top on the bone. No soft tissue graft will be added.