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Evaluation of Free Gingival Graft Timing
Led by University of Alabama at Birmingham · Updated on 2025-08-06
30
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
159 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This clinical trial aims to compare and evaluate the clinical outcomes between two distinct treatment sequences: free gingival graft surgery preceding guided bone regeneration and guided bone regeneration followed by free gingival graft.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Evaluation of Free Gingival Graft Timing
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- At least 18 years old
- No uncontrolled medical conditions or medications that affect bone healing
- Good oral hygiene with a full-mouth plaque score of 25% or less
- Able to read and understand the informed consent document
- Need implants to replace missing teeth in at least one quadrant of the mouth
- Insufficient alveolar ridge width of 5 mm or less for implant placement, confirmed by bone sounding and CBCT scan
- Willing and able to comply with pre-operative and post-operative diagnostic and clinical evaluations
- Not pregnant or breastfeeding
You will not qualify if you...
- Active infectious diseases
- Liver or kidney dysfunction or failure
- Uncontrolled diabetes with HbA1c 8.5 or higher
- Active cancer treatment or radiotherapy within 12 months
- Taking medications that affect bone healing such as bisphosphonates or long-term anti-inflammatory drugs
- Metabolic bone diseases like osteoporosis
- Pregnant or lactating women
- Current smokers of 10 or more cigarettes per day or former smokers who quit less than 10 years ago
- Poor oral hygiene
- Vertical loss of bone at the edentulous ridge
- History of periodontal disease
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Unversity of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Dentistry
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294-0007
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
H
Hussein Basma, DDS, MS
CONTACT
S
Sarah Startley, DMD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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