Faster dental implants: does Same-Day placement improve patient experience?
NCT ID NCT07656597
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two approaches for replacing a single back tooth with a dental implant: placing the implant right after tooth extraction (immediate digital workflow) versus waiting about 16 weeks for healing (delayed digital workflow). Researchers measure how these methods affect patients' oral health-related quality of life, pain, number of visits, and other outcomes. The trial involves 50 adults who need a single implant in a premolar or molar area.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Immediate digital posterior implant workflow (procedure)
- What this could lead to
- If immediate digital workflows prove better, patients may experience fewer visits, less pain, and faster restoration of a single missing tooth.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial (50 participants) comparing two procedures, so results may not apply to all patients or implant types. Immediate placement carries risks like infection or implant failure.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults aged 18 years or older. * Indication for single implant therapy in a posterior premolar or molar extraction site. * Good oral hygiene with FMPS ≤20%. * Controlled periodontitis according to protocol definition. * At least one natural tooth adjacent to the implant site and presence of an antagonist tooth. * Ability to comply with study procedures and provide written informed consent. * Adequate bone volume for immediate or delayed placement. * Extraction site suitable for centrally positioned, prosthetically driven implant placement using straight prosthetic components. * Ability to achieve 3-4 mm circumferential implant engagement in native bone along the planned implant axis while maintaining safety distance from vital structures. * For molar sites, septal bone classified as Smith \& Tarnow Type A or Type B, including cases requiring closed sinus floor elevation. * Post-extraction socket presenting as a contained or partially contained defect with at least three relatively intact socket walls and no individual socket wall vertical defect \>5 mm. * No facial soft-tissue dehiscence or mucogingival defect associated with buccal bone dehiscence. Exclusion Criteria: * • Known or suspected poor compliance, alcohol abuse, or substance abuse. * Systemic or local contraindications to implant surgery. * History of head/neck radiotherapy or recent malignancy within 5 years. * Use of medications affecting bone metabolism. * Bisphosphonate use within the past 5 years. * Uncontrolled periodontal disease. * Heavy smoking (\>10 cigarettes/day). * Pregnancy or lactation. * Teeth with periapical lesions \>5 mm in greatest diameter, or sockets demonstrating a large cortical perforation \>5 mm in greatest dimension on CBCT.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Prosthodontics, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, 40225, Germany
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The University of Hong Kong Department of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry Prince Philip Dental Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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