Can your own blood help save a failing dental implant?
NCT ID NCT06679283
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding platelet-rich fibrin (PRF), made from a patient's own blood, to standard surgery improves healing of bone and gum damage around dental implants. Forty adults with peri-implantitis will be randomly assigned to receive either surgery with PRF or surgery alone. After 12 months, X-rays and clinical exams will compare bone fill and pocket depth between the two groups.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- platelet-rich fibrin (PRF)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a better treatment for peri-implantitis, helping to save implants and reduce bone loss.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 40 participants, so results may not apply widely. PRF may not provide extra benefit over standard surgery.
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Study facts
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- 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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: 1. One or more peri-implant sites with PPD ≧ 5 mm combined with BOP/suppuration and 2. Peri-implant marginal bone loss, defined as a crater like defect ≧ 3 mm as assessed from intraoral radiographs 3. Good oral hygiene i.e. a plaque index \<20% 4. Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of chronic inflammatory disease 2. Severe systemic diseases 3. Medically confirmed diagnosis of diabetes mellitus 4. Anti-inflammatory prescription including prednisone 5. Smoking \> 5 cigarettes 6. Pregnant or lactating women 7. \< 18 years of age
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Periodontology, University of Bern
RECRUITINGBern, 3010, Switzerland
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