Clinical trial NCT06759246: Short Implants in Atrophic Posterior Maxilla
Official title: Short Implant Placement for Single-Tooth Rehabilitation in the Atrophic Posterior Maxilla
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Edentulism
Bone Atrophy, Alveolar
Sinus Pneumatization
Keywords: short implants
bone atrophy
sinus pneumatization
minimal invasive
Lead sponsor: University of Bari Aldo Moro
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-01-06
Enrollment: 150
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SCREENING

Brief summary: This study aims to evaluate the clinical and radiological outcomes of short implants in the rehabilitation of single-tooth edentulism in the posterior maxilla. By assessing these outcomes, the research seeks to determine the effectiveness and long-term viability of short implants as a minimally invasive solution, particularly in cases where bone height is limited.

Detailed description: The present municentric retrospective study was conducted following the STROBE statement recommendations for observational studies and in compliance to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki on clinical research involving human subjects.The study aims to evaluate short implants placed over the past 15 years by three experienced clinicians, assessing their survival and clinical success. Specifically, the study collects clinical data such as probing depth, the presence or absence of peri-implantitis, and radiological findings.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Good health status according to the classification system of the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA), and patients were required to be 18 years of age or older.
* No general medical condition that would contraindicate implant therapy.
* No active periodontal disease, defined as a periodontal probing depth of less than 4 mm, or previously treated periodontitis.
* Good oral hygiene, with a full-mouth plaque index of less than 25%.
* Adequate control of inflammation, with a full-mouth bleeding on probing (BOP) of less than 25%.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Smoking more than 15 cigarettes per day
* Presence of untreated periodontal disease
* Pregnancy or breastfeeding at the time of enrollment
* Active infections
* Less than 2 mm of keratinized mucosal tissue.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Clinical outcome
timeFrame: 2 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Rx outcome
timeFrame: 2 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bari
country: Italy
facility: University of Bari Aldo Moro
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Bari Aldo Moro
name: Professor Saverio Capodiferro
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: University of Bari Aldo Moro
name: Professor Massimo Corsalini
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: University of Bari Aldo Moro
name: Dr. D'Albis Giuseppe
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Corsalini M, D'Agostino S, Favia G, Dolci M, Tempesta A, Di Venere D, Limongelli L, Capodiferro S. A Minimally Invasive Technique for Short Spiral Implant Insertion with Contextual Crestal Sinus Lifting in the Atrophic Maxilla: A Preliminary Report. Healthcare (Basel). 2020 Dec 24;9(1):11. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9010011.