Sound waves reveal hidden healing after tooth implants
NCT ID NCT05330702
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to see if ultrasound could detect early changes in bone and gum after a tooth is pulled and an implant is placed right away. Some people also got a soft tissue graft to improve healing. The study was stopped early, but it planned to follow 31 adults for 6 months to see how well the implant survived and how the tissues changed.
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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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31 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Finished
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Mar 2024
- 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 to 95 years
- 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: * Age 18-95 * Has a single hopeless tooth in the maxillary esthetic zone (i.e., first premolar to first premolar, tooth #5-tooth #13) * Adequate oral hygiene (i.e., full-mouth bleeding score (FMBS) and full mouth plaque score (FMPS) of less than 25%) * Adequate tooth space to support an immediate implant placement (i.e., adequate mesiodistal space of greater than or equal to 6 mm and interocclusal space to support a non-occluding provisionalization). * Postextraction vertical bone defect of the buccal socket wall was less than or equal to 3mm. Exclusion Criteria: * patients taking long-term (more than 3 months) medications affecting bone metabolism * generalized untreated periodontitis with greater than of 30% of sites with greater than 5mm pocket depths and bleeding upon probing with a dental probe * medical contraindications for having a surgical procedure (i.e., ASA Status of III, patient with a severe systemic disease that is not life-threatening; ASA Status of IV, a patient with a severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life). * history of radiotherapy in the head and neck region * heavy smoker (greater than 10 cigarettes per day) * pregnancy * gingival recession before extraction in relation to the contralateral tooth.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States
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