Reduced wait time for implant placement after socket preservation with Vega Plus implants

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This randomized controlled trial will enroll adults who require single-tooth extraction and implant therapy in incisors, canines, or premolars and randomly assign them to implant placement at either four months (reduced interval) or six months (standard interval) after ridge preservation using the Vega Plus implant system. Clinical and radiographic assessments, including baseline and scheduled follow-up visits, will use CBCT to measure ridge width and height, resonance frequency analysis for implant stability (ISQ), standardized periapical radiographs for marginal bone levels, and VAS for postoperative pain. The primary outcome is mean change in horizontal alveolar ridge width on CBCT, with secondary outcomes comparing vertical bone height, implant stability, marginal bone changes, and patient-reported symptoms. Group comparisons will determine whether the reduced-interval protocol maintains or improves clinical and radiographic outcomes while shortening overall treatment time.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Age: ≥ 18 years.
* Good general health.
* Need of extraction of incisors, canines or premolars due to carious lesion, endodontic complication, root fracture or prosthetic reason.
* Presence of three intact socket walls after tooth extraction with a defect of 50% or more of the buccal wall.
* Need of single-tooth implant treatment, with presence of adjacent teeth and opposing occluding teeth (for measurement stent indexing).
* Enough available bone assessed on CBCT to place implants with 3.6 mm diameter and 10 mm in length.
* Periodontal health in intact or reduced periodontium.
* Full-mouth plaque and bleeding scores \< 20%.
* Able and willing to follow study procedures and instructions.

Exclusion Criteria:

* \< 18 years.
* Compromised health. Existence of any systemic condition such as uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, cancer, HIV, disorders that compromise wound healing, chronic high dose steroid therapy, intravenous and oral bisphosphonate therapy, bone metabolic diseases, history of irradiation of the head and neck area, or any other immunosuppressive therapy that would contraindicate oral surgical treatment.
* Absence of any adjacent teeth or the opposing occluding teeth.
* The hopeless tooth is a molar.

Where it's running

• Universidad Catolica Santiago de Guayaquil- Carrera de Odontologia de La Ucsg
  Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Gabriela Guadalupe Zambrano Manzaba, Dds
• Email: gabriela.manzaba30@gmail.com
• Phone: +19546298543

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.