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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 10, Pages 906-913Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2008.01305.x
Keywords
dimensional alterations; extraction socket; socket preservation
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- Geistlich Biomaterials, Wolhusen, Switzerland
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Objectives: The aim of the following study was to assess contour changes after socket preservation techniques. Materials and Methods: In five beagle dogs, the distal root of the third and fourth mandibular premolars was extracted. The following treatments (Tx) were randomly assigned for the extraction socket. Tx 1: BioOss Collagen. Tx 2: BioOss Collagen and a free soft tissue graft. Tx 3: No treatment. Tx 4: The internal buccal aspect was covered with an experimental collagen membrane, the extraction socket was filled with BioOss Collagen and the membrane folded on top of the graft. Impressions were obtained at baseline, 2 and 4 months after surgery. Bucco-lingual measurements were performed using digital imaging analysis. Results: All groups displayed contour shrinkage at the buccal aspect. Only the differences between the two test groups (Tx 1, Tx 2) and the control group (Tx 3) were significant at the buccal aspect (p <= 0.001). No measurements of the Tx 4 group could be performed. Conclusion: Socket preservation techniques, used in the present experiment, were not able to entirely compensate for the alterations after tooth extraction. Yet, incorporation of BioOss Collagen seems to have the potential to limit but not avoid the post-operative contour shrinkage.
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