Evaluation of Two Different Techniques for Sinus Elevation, Open Versus Closed .

Assessment of Implants Placed Simultaneously With Maxillary Sinus Bone Augmentation Using Two Different Sinus Elevation Techniques: A Randomized Control Clinical Trial

A clinical Trial, comparing two different techniques to elevate the maxillary sinus floor membrane to allow for simultaneous dental implant placement in the severely atrophied maxillary ridges.Both using allogenic bone substitute as the bone graft material. One technique is the open lateral window technique and the second is the closed crestal technique.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sinus Floor Augmentation; Maxillary Sinus; Alveolar Ridge Augmentation
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Closed Sinus Elevation; Procedure: Open Sinus Elevation

Detailed Description

Following extraction of posterior teeth in the maxillary arch, maxillary sinus pneumatization may pause a difficulty for dental implant placement. This difficulty may be overcome by maxillary sinus elevation with or without bone grafting or the use of short implants. Yet the literature available does not give conclusive answers as to what is the best approach for each clinical situation.

Aim of this study is to evaluate implants placed simultaneously with maxillary sinus bone augmentation using two different sinus floor elevation techniques. Null Hypothesis: There is no statistically significant difference between implants placed with crestal sinus approach and lateral sinus floor elevation, using bone grafting in both techniques, regarding implant stability and radiographic bone height gain.

Alternative Hypothesis: There is statistically significant difference between implants placed with crestal sinus approach and lateral sinus floor elevation, using bone grafting in both techniques, regarding implant stability and radiographic bone height gain.

Thirty implants in patients having posterior edentulism with maxillary sinus pneumatization were studied. All patients were be randomly allocated into two groups, group 1 (test group) had dental implants placed after crestal approach for sinus elevation, while group 2 (control group) had dental implants placed after lateral approach for maxillary sinus elevation. Both groups received allogenic bone grafts in the elevated sites. To assess implant stability, a resonance frequency analysis (RFA) device was used, for each implant the implant stability quotient (ISQ) values was measured on four sites over the implant. Mean values were calculated for each implant from the four recorded values. ISQ values were recorded immediately post-implant insertion, 9 months (after delivery of the final prosthesis) and at 12 post- operative. Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT)s were made at 6 and 12 months post-operative to evaluate the radiographic bone changes in vertical dimension of bone height gained around each implant.

Steps of the clinical Procedures:

1. Clinical and radiographic evaluation:

   1. Evaluation of the patient's general condition of the oral cavity, to make sure it complies with the criteria required to be enrolled in the study in terms of oral hygiene, pathological conditions, occlusion and inter-arch space.
   2. A preoperative CBCT was performed for each patient prior to the surgery. Evaluation of available bone height and bucco-palatal bone width. Suitable implant length and diameter will be determined as well.

2. Random allocation:

   The patients were divided into two groups with a random allocation sequence generator.

3. Surgical procedure:

   After administration of local anesthesia, the allocation was revealed, for the test group, a full thickness flap was elevated at the edentulous site with two vertical releasing incision and then the preparation of osteotomy was prepared following standard implant system protocol preparation of the osteotomy. Drilling was done gently till reaching 0-1mm from the sinus floor, then in fracture of the sinus floor was done using osteotomes followed by bone grafting to raise the sinus floor from 3-5 mm and finally implant placement. For the control group, a full-thickness flap was elevated at the edentulous site with two vertical releasing incisions extending to the vestibule for better reflection and exposure to the lateral wall of the sinus. The lateral antrostomy was prepared in the lateral sinus wall using rotary bur no. 8 to provide adequate access to remove the thin to thick cortical bone and to expose the thin sinus membrane. The membrane was elevated across the sinus floor and up the medial wall and this elevation extended anteriorly-posteriorly to provide the exposed sinus floor. Drilling was done gently till reaching 0-1mm from the sinus floor, then implant placement and bone grafting took place. Primary stability of the implant was measured by rotational insertion torque value, to be ≥30 Nano centimeter(25). A resorbable collagen membrane was placed over the window preparation in the lateral approach to prevent the flap tissue from entering inside the antrostomy and the influencing the osseointegration process. Primary closure of the flap was achieved.

4. Postoperative Care:

Appropriate postoperative care was given to the patients and proper medications prescribed to them.

Patient self-care instructions:

• Application of an ice pack to the treated area for the first 24 hours will be instructed.
• The patients will be instructed to gently brush the operated area after two weeks with a soft brush.
• In case of emergency; severe pain and bleeding, the patient will be presented to the clinic.
• Patients will be recalled after two weeks for suture removal and every month for supportive periodontal therapy and recording of outcome variables at six,nine and twelve months.

After 9 months of the implant placement, stage II will be performed, 2 weeks later, impressions will be taken as regular for the prosthetic crowns fabrication. All crowns will be temporary cemented to allow an easy access to the implant platform for the follow-up RFA measurements.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Ismailia, Egypt, 41522
    • Suez Canal University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who have at least one missing posterior maxillary tooth with sound adjacent teeth.
2. Adults above the age of 18.
3. Bone height from 4mm to 7mm under the maxillary sinus assessed in CBCT.
4. Good oral hygiene.
5. Patient accepts to sign an informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Smokers (more than 10 cigarettes per day).
2. Medically compromised patients.
3. Patients with active infection related at the site of implant/bone graft placement.
4. Patients with untreated active periodontal diseases.
5. Patients with parafunctional habits.
6. Acute or chronic sinusitis.

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
Experimental: Test Group- Closed Sinus elevation; Maxillary sinus floor elevation using osteotomes through a crestal approach. Followed by bone grafting using allogenic bone graft and simultaneous dental implant placement.	Procedure: Closed Sinus Elevation; using a unique design of osteotomes to crestally elevate the Schneiderian membrane of the maxillary sinus floor; Other Names: Crestal approach to elevate the maxillary sinus membrane; Osteotome Technique
Active Comparator: Control Group- Open sinus elevation; Maxillary sinus floor elevation using sinus elevation tools through a lateral window approach. Followed by bone grafting using allogenic bone graft and simultaneous dental implant placement.	Procedure: Open Sinus Elevation; using a unique design of sinus elevators to laterally elevate the Schneiderian membrane of the maxillary sinus floor; Other Names: Lateral Approach to elevate the maxillary sinus Membrane

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Implant Stability	Resonance Frequency analysis (RFA) a Device Named "Ostell" Device for measuring RFA	immediate postoperative- 9 months- 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Radiographic bone gain	CBCT linear measurements using the ruler tool in the CBCT software to assess radiographic vertical bone height gain in millimeter in both techniques	immediate post-operative- 6 months-12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Misr International University
• Collaborators: Suez Canal University
• Investigators: Study Director: Mohamed Elsholkamy, Professor, Suez Canal University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 9, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 16, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): February 20, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 20, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 16, 2024
• Last Verified: February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Dental Implant; Maxillary Sinus Augmentation; Sinus Elevation; Open Sinus Elevation; Closed Sinus Elevation
• Other Study ID Numbers: 28909108800228

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