Longitudinal Efficacy of Dental Implants in Anterior Areas

Completed

Conditions studied: Edentulous

In brief

Dental implants are used in dentistry to reestablish function and appearance to areas of the mouth where natural teeth are missing. Implants can be a good choice for almost all areas of the mouth except where the space left by missing teeth is too narrow. This is usually the case when front teeth are lost of have been missing since birth. The Maximus dental implant is the smallest implant made, just 3mm in diameter, and is especially designed to replace missing front teeth and yet be strong enough to function as a natural tooth. This study will assess the functional success of BioHorizons Maximus one-piece endosseous dental implant. We hypothesize that placement of the 3mm dental implant in areas of limited tooth-to-tooth spacing will be an efficacious tooth root replacement.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00641277

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

15

Starts

2004-03-01

Expected to finish

2010-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-03-01

Who can join

Age: 15 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Missing anterior teeth

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnancy
• Cigarette smoking
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Other significant medical conditions or habits likely to compromise bone healing
• Chronic use of medications likely to compromise bone healing

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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