Comparison of Incidence Between Two Techniques

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Conditions studied: Edentulous Posterior Maxilla

In brief

Sinus augmentation, also referred to as a sinus lift or a sinus graft, is an oral surgery procedure where bone is added to the upper jaw near the molars. The goal of the surgery is to add enough bone material onto the upper jaw to support the placement of a dental implant. The augmentation and the dental implant placement will be done at the same time to avoid the need for two surgeries. This is standard of care. The purpose of this study is to compare any problems and patient comfort levels following surgery. Subjects will be randomly placed into one of two groups: the internal lift group or the external lift group. Both types of surgery are routinely done at our clinic. Usually the type of procedure (internal or external) is based on the dentist's preference. Investigators are doing this study to compare them to each other to see if one is more comfortable for the subject than the other or if they are equal. It is predicted that the two techniques may differ when it comes to complications during the procedure, patient discomfort following the procedure and patient complications in the weeks and months after the procedure. This last comparison has not yet been studied, and surgeons often choose the technique that they prefer from their own experiences. With this research study researchers hope to gain valuable information that will help surgeons' decisions in the future. * Investigators hypothesize that external sinus augmentation with simultaneous implant placement (external technique) will have a higher rate of Schneiderian membrane perforation than the internal sinus augmentation with simultaneous implant placement (internal technique). * Investigators hypothesize that the internal technique is associated with more discomfort for the subject compared with the external technique. * Investigators hypothesize that the external technique will result in more severe pain/bleeding/swelling than the internal technique. * Investigators hypothesize that the internal technique has a higher incidence of complications that occur between three weeks and three months postoperatively compared with the external technique. * Investigators hypothesize that the external technique has a higher amount of analgesics taken postoperatively compared with the internal technique

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01832025
Run by: Tufts University
People needed: 40
Starts: 2013-03-01
Expected to finish: 2016-12-01
Last updated by the study team: 2018-09-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

18 years of age or older
patients treatment planned for sinus lift augmentation and implant placement, with a height of the crestal alveolar bone measured in the middle of the edentulous space between four and six mm (calibrated measurements recorded on existing panoramic radiograph)
the length of the edentulous span is one or two teeth
non-smokers

You may not qualify if…

patients who have had a previous sinus lift augmentation procedure
pathology present within the sinus (sinusitis, polyps, neoplasia, mucoceles, etc.) or any deformity/radiation therapy to the sinus
medically compromised patients contraindicated to dental surgery at TUSDM periodontal clinic including uncontrolled diabetes (HbA1c ≥7, lab results from within the past 6 months will be reviewed, patient without lab results from within the past 6 months will be excluded) and/or uncontrolled hypertension (more than stage II, ≥160/110)
patients with medical condition that could potentially affect wound healing (e.g., self-reported Hepatitis B or C, self-reported HIV)
patients with metabolic bone disease such as Paget's Disease or osteoporosis
patients who are currently taking bisphosphonates or steroids
patients who are currently pregnant according to self-report (standard of care in the TUSDM Periodontology clinic for such procedures)
current smokers

Where it is running

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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