17 Clinical Trials for Various Conditions
The primary objective of this study is to observe the performance of an implant system with a new surface (EK III NH dental implants) over a period of two years. The implants will be placed in the upper and lower jaws of patients with missing teeth and immediately given a temporary restoration. The investigators will document the performance of the implants through regular dental check-ups and X-rays.
Approximately 40 implants from patients seeking treatment at the University of Oklahoma, College of Dentistry will be recruited for this study. Osteotomies will be prepared using the osseodensification technique and implants will be placed immediately after. The implants will be from a single manufacturer (Roxolid® SLA® Bone Level Tapered; Straumann®, Institut Straumann AG, Basel, Switzerland). Volumetric analysis of alveolar ridge will be studied using intra-surgical direct measurements and CBCT imaging. A custom stent will be fabricated to standardize the clinical and radiographic measurements at 2mm, 3mm, and 4mm apical to the alveolar crest. Changes in peri-implant bone density will be analyzed on standardized periapical and bitewing radiographs, using the ImageJ software (National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA). Implant stability quotient (ISQ) values will be recorded with a resonance frequency analysis system (Osstell®, Gothenburg, Sweden). Calibrated examiners will assess implant survival and biological or restorative complications and failures. Sites will be evaluated throughout osseointegration and one year after final restoration is delivered.
This study is a clinical trial to determine the retention and durability of the anterior zirconia wing bridge. The type of zirconia-wing bridge the investigators are researching in this study has two wings which generally have three countersunk holes (meaning that the circumference of the outer portion of the hole is larger than the inner part of the hole). Composite resin (dental filling material) is placed in the holes as well as under and around the wings. Twelve patients will have bridges placed and be evaluated every 6 months (ideally) to determine if the bridge is staying in place (retention) and if it is resistant to fracture (durability).
This study follows subjects who have agreed with their dentist that their failing teeth or missing teeth all need replacing. This study follows their standard routine care with some additional assessments. The dental treatment option that replaces a whole arch or both arches (upper and lower jaws) of the mouth is call "Teeth in a Day" and information on the use of the JUVORA™ Dental Disc during this treatment is what is being collected as part of this study along with subjects follow-up care.
To evaluate the change in patient Oral Health-related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) from wearing a cobalt chrome (CoCr) removable partial denture (RPD) to wearing the Solvay Dental 360TM polymer Removable Partial Denture (RPD) for 8 weeks.
The purpose of this investigator-initiated study is to compare new bone formation through histomorphometric analysis following maxillary sinus augmentation using two different bone graft materials. A total of twenty, sinus augmentation via a lateral approach will be performed for subjects requiring sinus augmentation for implant placement and randomly divided into 2 groups. These subjects will receive one of two different bone graft materials: 1) Anorganic bovine bone matrix- InterOss (Group A), 2) Anorganic bovine bone matrix- Bio-oss (Group B). At the time of implant placement (eight months after the sinus augmentation procedure), two bone biopsies will be collected from augmented site for the histomorphometric analysis. The percentage of vital bone will be measured and analyzed statistically, also the following will be measured: percentage of non-vital bone, percentage of non-bone material , and the percentage of connective tissue.
This investigation will be a clinical trial to study the performance of a high strength ceramic material for bridges to replace missing teeth. The ceramic material has been approved by the FDA for patient treatment. A computer technique will be used to make the bridges. The bridges will be cemented using an adhesive resin cement (MultiLink Automix/Ivoclar). The bridges are planned be evaluated for clinical performance at 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, and if funding permits, 4 years, and 5 years. The purpose of the study is to measure how well the high strength bridges function over an extended period of time.
To compare platform-switched implants to platform-matched implants for replacement of a single missing tooth and their effect on: 1) Interproximal alveolar crest level in relation to implant platform. 2) Buccal implant recession. 3) Presence or absence of black triangle apical to the contact point. 4) Implant Success. 5) Adequate buccal tissue thickness.
The primary objective of this study is to determine if the use of a bone compaction process (osseodensification) (Densah™ bur: Versah Osseodensification Company™) to prepare dental implant sites, in human subjects, results in increased bone-ridge width, increased compact bone in the outer wall of the prepared sites, and dental implant stability.
An important result of healing after tooth extraction is a reduction in dimensions of the remaining bone at that site. This reduction of bone volume precludes successful restoration of the space using a dental implant. Bone augmentation has shown promise in clinical reports to reduce this loss of bone volume, thus allowing implant placement and restoration. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of guided bone regeneration around dental implants placed in fresh extraction sockets.
The goal of this pilot study is to learn about healing after dental implant placement in patients taking a class of biologic drug called Tumor Necrosis Factor or TNF-alpha antagonist or inhibitor. The main questions it aims to answer are: Do patients taking TNF-alpha inhibitors have any complications after the placement of dental implants? Do patients taking TNF-alpha inhibitor experience increased pain after dental implant placement compared to the expected levels when healing from this procedure? Researchers will recruit patients both taking these drugs and those not taking these drugs to compare the outcomes between the two groups. Participants missing teeth will be recruited to receive dental implants to meet ideal dental status and will be followed before and after the implant placement to determine levels of health and ensure proper healing. Participants will be followed for a total of one year and follow up visits will consist of both clinical examination and radiographs (x-rays) to evaluate bone level and implant status. Participants will also be asked to rate their pain during clinic visits and at home on a diary and record the amount of pain control medication they take after the implant procedure.
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the long-term survival rate of implants and prostheses when treating totally edentulous upper jaws with Fixture MicroThread (Micro-Macro) using a one-stage surgical procedure. Clinical study recruitment was stopped in year 2000 due to a decision to modify the product under study. This was a result of feedback regarding the subjective feeling during the installation procedure. There were no safety concerns w/r to the study products. Patients already included and treated in the study were monitored for the full duration of the study in accordance with the clinical study protocol.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate ASTRA TECH Implant System, OsseoSpeed™ implants, in patients with totally edentulous upper jaws and poor bone quality and quantity, when provisional artificial teeth are attached within 24 hours. The primary objective is to investigate implant survival rate.
This is a research study to test the clinical procedure and not the FDA approved medical device. This project will screen up to 80 volunteers to enroll 40 active subjects to receive a single tooth implant on an anterior (incisor/canine) or pre-molar tooth in the mandible or maxilla (no implants will be placed in molar sites). This 3 year research study will examine the clinical effects of loading regimens on roughened surfaced implants. The proposed research project will measure the changes in mucosal healing and maturation over a three year period following implant placement. The proposed research lays the foundation for improved health care by providing surgeons and restorative dentists with data for determining the relationship between implant healing, loading pattern and bone type. The rationale that underlies the investigation is that identification of the influences of timing of load on implant stability in varying bone types will allow routine, predictable use of early loading, which, in turn, will translate into more rapid health care, and improved psychosocial well-being of the patient. If these hypotheses are correct, these results are expected to provide evidence based research data to support early loading and immediate loading of single implants in sites of adequate bone volume, and density. In addition, it is expected that these results will fundamentally advance the field of implant dentistry and bioengineering by providing information on the principles of the bone density-mechanical environment-implant stability interaction.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate Astra Tech Dental Implant System, Fixture Osseospeed™, in patients with tooth loss in the posterior mandible in an early loading protocol. Primary objectives are implant stability, marginal bone adaptation and survival rate.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate survival for ASTRA TECH Implant System, OsseoSpeed™ implants following immediate loading in extraction sockets versus immediate loading in healed ridges. Patients in need of single standing implants replacing teeth in the maxilla within zone 15-25 will be included and followed for 5 years. Primary objective is implant survival rate at 12 months.
Following the loss of teeth, the alveolar bone formed in response to the eruption of the teeth is gradually resorbed by the body. In conventional dental implant therapy, a wide safety margin of uninterrupted healing (3-6 months) following placement of the implants is used to assure a predictable survival of the implants (on the order of \> 90%). In the past few years, there have been multiple studies documenting with improved implant surface technologies available, that dental implants can be put into function far sooner than conventionally thought. The investigators are currently performing recalls on subjects treated in a research protocol at the University of Iowa (YAOSS-0001; IRB 200305001). Since this initial study, a shortened version of the implant device has been developed and has obtained FDA clearance (FDA 510k 063779 clearance letter dated April 27, 2007) for a 4mm diameter by 6mm in length dental implant. In a case study the investigators are proposing to repeat the same protocol as used in the initial trial with the following exceptions: only this one implant type will be used, no bone compression surgical techniques will be used (referred to as "osteotome" indirect sinus lifting). Our initial trial has documented good performance with minimal bone loss and a 98.3% cumulative survival rate. This will be an open, prospective case-series clinical documentation study to document the clinical efficacy of the 4.0mm diameter x 6 mm in length implant (Astra Tech Dental Implant, Fixture OsseospeedTM ) in the treatment of subjects missing teeth in the upper jaw. A minimum of two but preferably three implants shall be considered for each surgical site. A total of 20 subjects fulfilling all inclusion criteria will be enrolled. Subjects will have a complete diagnostic work-up performed and assessment for eligibility in the study by both a Prosthodontist and Surgeon. Subjects will then have the implants placed in an out patient basis at the College of Dentistry. The subjects will not wear a conventional removable partial during the initial six weeks of healing. At six weeks, an assessment of the implants shall be made by the surgical and restorative team and if a set of safety benchmarks are met, provisional crowns will be made to place the implants into clinical function (mastication). Over the first year, the provisional crowns will be periodically removed and a series of clinical measurements and mobility measurements made. At the end of 1 year following placement, the permanent crowns or bridgework will be constructed and the subject followed annually for another four years (five years total from placement). A total of 15 clinical visits are estimated per subject.