Elamrousy Modified Approach for Socket Shield Technique

Peri-implant Soft and Hard Tissue Changes Around Maxillary Anterior Immediate Implants Using Socket Shield Technique Versus a Combination of Socket Shield Technique and Autogenous Demineralized Dentin Graft: Randomized Clinical Trial

The current trial aim was to evaluate clinically and radiographically the changes around dental implants inserted immediately in maxillary anterior esthetic zone using a novel combination of autogenous demineralized dentin graft (ADDG) with socket shield technique (SST) and compared this approach to socket shield technique (SST) alone.

The present study included 50 participants, aged 20 to 45, with teeth that needed to be extracted. After Kafrelsheikh University research ethics committee approval, participants were randomized into 2 groups: the control group patients underwent immediate implantation using SS protocol, while the study group patients underwent the same procedure, but ADDG was created using the extracted palatal portion of the tooth; and then placed in the peri-implant gap defect.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Dental Implant Failed; Implant Site Reaction; Tooth Extraction Status Nos
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Elamrousy Novel Approach for Immediate Implant Placement Using Socket Shield Technique; Procedure: Immediate Implant Placement Using Socket Shield Technique alone

Detailed Description

However, Immediate placement protocol of dental implants reported favorable improvement of esthetic indices such as the Pink Esthetic Score (PES), mid-facial mucosal recession (MFMR) was the most common esthetic drawback. MFMR occurrences increase in case of thin gingival biotype, facial implant malposition, and thin or destroyed facial bone plate after tooth removal.

To avoid MFMR, dental implants should be placed immediately only when the clinical conditions are ideal including completely intact facial plate of bone, more than 1mm thick facial plate of bone, absence of periapical pathosis or infection at the extracted socket, thick gingival biotype, presence of sufficient bone palatal and apical to the extraction socket for proper positioning of the implant fixture and obtaining acceptable primary stability. These ideal conditions are rarely observed in the maxillary anterior region. Although proper patients' selection and treatment by specialists with high experience and skills, the esthetic outcomes of immediately placed dental implant showed unsatisfactory deteriorated facial tissues on the mid- to long-term.

Following root extraction, the thin delicate avascular cortical bone plate showed massive loss and deterioration due to loss of its vascular blood supply obtained from the root periodontal ligament. To overcome this negative esthetic outcome during immediate placement of dental implants, different materials and techniques were used around implants such as bone graft substitutes, growth factors and barrier membranes.

In 2010, Hurzeler and colleagues introduced a novel approach for immediate implantation called Socket Shield Technique (SST). This minimal invasive technique resulted in preservation of facial bone plate which in turn improved the esthetic outcomes. Partial extraction therapy, the root membrane technique and the modified SST are different terminologies and modifications of the original approch. In SST protocol, tooth decoronation followed by root splitting mesio-distally. The palatally splitted portion of the root is atraumatically extracted while the intact buccal root portion is kept in place with thickness of 1.5mm. The implant fixture is then placed palatally with 2mm gap distance in between. finally, that gap might be grafted or left without grafts.

SST showed enhancement of hard and soft tissue conditions around implants, implant stability and esthetic results compared with traditional immediate placement protocol of dental implants. Till now, few studies evaluated the effect of grafting the gap between the buccal tooth shield and the implant fixture.

Globally, extracted teeth are regarded as infectious waste. Teeth are made up of organic matrix and inorganic hydroxyapatite reinforcing phase, that's why teeth are gaining popularity as a potential resource for alveolar bone repair. Non-demineralized tooth grafts produced positive outcomes, but bone and tooth demineralization enhances the bioavailability of non-collagenous proteins associated with the matrix, such as osteocalcin, osteonectin, bone sialoprotein, phosphophoryn, and bone morphogenetic protein, which could promote the creation of new bone. A valuable three-dimensional biological scaffold with osteopromotive and osteoconductive properties is provided by ADDG. Additionally, it saves the patient money on the cost of other graft materials and lowers the worldwide amount of infectious dental waste.

The specific question of the current research was: Does using ADDG for grafting the gap between the tooth shield and the implant fixture in immediate dental implantation with SST improve the clinical and radiographic outcomes in comparison to immediate implant placement with SST alone without using bone graft?

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Kafrelsheikh
    • Kafr ash Shaykh, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt, 214312
      • oral medicine and periodontology outpatient clinic, faculty of dentistry, kafrelsheikh University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• above the age of 18years
• presence of non-restorable maxillary anterior tooth
• had intact socket walls following tooth extraction
• the gingival biotype was thick.

Exclusion Criteria:

• history of systemic condition
• history of using bisphosphonates or other drugs that might impact bone turnover
• a history of smoking during the previous five years,
• a history of any acute infections at the surgical site,
• teeth having root resorptions
• massive periodontal destruction
• buccally fractured root either vertically or horizontally beneath the alveolar crest.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Immediate Implant Placement Using Socket Shield Technique with autogenous demineralized dentin graft; after immediate implantation using Socket Shield Technique, the palatal root portion will be converted to autogenous demineralized dentin graft and used for grafting the defect between the socket shield and the implant fixture	Procedure: Elamrousy Novel Approach for Immediate Implant Placement Using Socket Shield Technique; The flapless strategy was used. To prepare the SS, tooth decoronation followed by root splitting mesio-distally. The palatally splitted portion of the root is atraumatically extracted while the intact buccal root portion is kept in place with thickness of 1.5mm.(12) The implant fixture is then placed palatally with 2mm gap distance in between. finally, that gap was grafted with ADDG; Other Names: Immediate Implant Placement Using Socket Shield Technique grafted by autogenous demineralized dentin graft
Experimental: Immediate Implant Placement Using Socket Shield Technique only without grafting the defect; after insertion of immediate implant Using Socket Shield Technique, the bone defect between the socket shield and the implant fixture will be left ungrafted	Procedure: Immediate Implant Placement Using Socket Shield Technique alone; The flapless strategy was used. To prepare the SS, tooth decoronation followed by root splitting mesio-distally. The palatally splitted portion of the root is atraumatically extracted while the intact buccal root portion is kept in place with thickness of 1.5mm.(12) The implant fixture is then placed palatally with 2mm gap distance in between. finally, that gap was left without grafts.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
crestal bone thickness	Utilizing CBCT sagittal sections, the crestal bone thickness was evaluated by computerized analysis. Navigation was done on the multiplanar display until the implant's precise same-view location was established on the reformatted cross-sectional section and panoramic view.	30-month.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
buccal marginal bone level (BMBL)	Utilizing CBCT sagittal sections, the BMBL was evaluated by computerized analysis. Navigation was done on the multiplanar display until the implant's precise same-view location was established on the reformatted cross-sectional section and panoramic view.	24 months
Midfacial Mucosal Alterations	, digital intraoral scans were recorded. To quantify the vertical changes in the soft tissues around implants buccally, the collected scans were digitally superimposed via matching Gom inspect software	30months
PES	The pink esthetic score (PES) evaluates the esthetic outcome of soft tissue around implant-supported single crowns in the anterior zone by awarding seven points for the mesial and distal papilla, soft-tissue level, soft-tissue contour, soft-tissue color, soft-tissue texture, and alveolar process deficiency.Using a 0-1-2 scoring system, 0 being the lowest, 2 being the highest value, the maximum achievable PES was 14.	30months
Implant Stability Quotient (ISQ)	Osstell TM was used to record the primary stability.ISQ, or Implant Stability Quotient, is a scale from 1 to 100 and is a measure of the stability of an implant. The ISQ scale has a non-linear correlation to micro mobility. With more than 1400 scientific references, we now know that high stability means >70 ISQ, between 60-69 is medium stability and < 60 ISQ is considered as low stability.	30months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Kafrelsheikh University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Walid AH Elamrousy, PhD, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 18, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 18, 2026
• Study Completion (Actual): March 21, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 15, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 15, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): September 21, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 21, 2026
• Last Verified: March 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: KFSIRB200-82

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No