Active clinical trials for "Bone Resorption"

To investigate the residual ridge resorption at anterior and posterior maxillary and posterior mandibular ridges among conventional complete dentures and implant overdenture wearers, and determine its association with the relative occlusal forces distribution, treatment groups and other patient variables.

This study evaluates implant survival and marginal bone resorption in patients receiving implant treatment with respect to demographic data and AB0 (groups) blood types.

The objective of this human randomized, double blind, placebo-control (RDBPC) study is to evaluate the efficacy of a 0.2% chlorhexidine (CHX) gel on reducing bacterial load and peri-implant inflammation at implant-abutment interface during the early healing stage.Thirty-six healthy patients (mean age 52,28 years; range 29-75 years) without a significant past medical anamnesis, all non-smokers, will be recruited as candidates for single implant placement and prosthetic rehabilitation.Patients will be randomly divided in group A (control) and group B (test) as indicated by the randomization chart. All Implants (Cortex classic, Shalomi, Israel)would be inserted by two skilled operators who followed a two-stage protocol and placed them according to the manufacturer's instructions.Eventually, all patients will be rehabilitated with a single implant-supported crown. During all the stages either a gel containing 0.20% CHX (Plak ®Gel; Polifarma Wellness Srl, Rome, Italy) or a placebo gel (Placebo, Polifarma Wellness Srl, Rome, Italy) will be used. The two gels are perfectly alike in packaging, color and smell and nobody knew the exact location of placebo or test gel, which will be revealed, only after data collection would be performed, by the person who prepared them. A or B gel will be placed on the internal connection abutments and then a cover screw would be inserted. Finally, the site would be sutured with non-absorbable nylon sutures. Cone Beam Computed Tomography evaluation (CBCT) (VatechIpax 3D PCH-6500, Fort Lee, NJ USA) would be performed both for pre-operative and post-surgical implant placement. Both gels will be given to the patients, according to the protocol, and applied 2 times/day until suture removal after 7 days. Soft tissue biopsies would be performed by means of a circular scalpel (5.5 mm in diameter) at the implant insertion (T0) and after two months of healing (second stage surgery)(T1) to analyze the peri-implant inflammatory infiltrate and the micro-vessel density (MVD) in both groups. All the radiographs taken during the study time points would be analysed to measure the bone resorption after 1 year or on other studt time points.

According to previous scientific evidence lining on biological concept of bone regeneration into the maxillary sinus, an observational study was set up to record possible (hypothesized) difference in bone formation between different width of the maxillary sinus itself. Therefore, a multicenter study was set up that foresaw a surgical intervention of sinus lift with lateral approach, the 6 months healing phase, the implant insertion in two sites with the implant site preparation made by a trephine bur to retrieve a bone specimen for histomorphometric examination without any additive invasively for the patient.

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the usefulness of the TRAP protein as (1) an early indicator of bone destruction and (2) a tool for assessing the effect of Zometa® in treating symptoms of bone metastases due to breast cancer. Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) is a protein released into the blood stream as a result of bone destruction caused by metastasis of breast cancer to the bone. Bone destruction causes pain and bone fractures. This study will measure TRAP levels in serum taken from breast cancer patients to see if TRAP levels will be able to predict the effect of Zometa® treatment on bone destruction, pain and bone fractures.

Broca II is the prolongation of the original study name BROCA. In BROCA study, only 25 patients participated and it was not enough to concluded clearly our hypothesis.

The aim of this clinical trial is to compare serum concentration of bone intake proteins [ sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), cross linked C-telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX-I)] and muscle atrophy marker [creatine kinase (CK-MB)] between patients after the fracture of proximal femur and their age corresponding counterpart without the fracture. The main question it aims to answer is: • Is the higher concentration of bone intake proteins and muscle atrophy marker a predictive factor of proximal femur fracture? The part of participants (Group 1) will be hospitalized at the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and will undergo a surgical treatment (open reduction of the fracture). The rest (Group 2) will be admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine. Participants of both Groups will have the blood sample test taken, to evaluate and compare the serum concentration of SHBG, CTX-I and CK-MB proteins.

Endodontic failures are not uncommonly encountered despite improvements in routine root canal therapy. Endodontic microsurgery is one way to manage such failure. The placement of a retrograde filling material is considered the most important prognostic factor in endodontic microsurgery. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and radiographic outcome of a fast set bioceramic root end filling material in human teeth.

the aim of this study is clinically and radiographically evaluate the use of advance platelet rich fibrin (A-PRF) versus platelet rich fibrin (PRF) in preservation of alveolar ridge following tooth extraction

Introduction and evaluation of a new technique for socket preservation involving internal expansion of the buccal plate of the extraction socket using internal flapless corticotomy and bone grafting the extraction socket with application of bioresorbable membrane biomaterials in comparison with the conventional guided bone regeneration technique for a conventional socket preservation method hoping to maintain or improve hard and soft tissue contour of the alveolar ridge post tooth extraction.