Rotated Split Palatal Flap for Soft Tissue Primary Coverage Over Extraction Sites With Immediate Implant Placement. Description of the Surgical Procedure and Clinical Results
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Periodontology
- Vol. 70 (8), 926-934
- https://doi.org/10.1902/jop.1999.70.8.926
Abstract
Immediate implant placement after tooth extraction is becoming a common procedure in implant-supported oral rehabilitation. However, lack of primary full flap closure can jeopardize final results. A surgical approach that would enable predictable primary soft tissue closure over implants placed into fresh extraction sockets is described and evaluated. This technique is based on a rotated deep split thickness palatal flap (RSPF) containing periosteum and connective tissue, covering the implant and/or a barrier membrane. In 29 patients, 33 consecutive implants were placed immediately post extraction of 1 or 2 anterior or premolar maxillary teeth. Patients were divided in 2 groups: Group A (15 patients; n = 18 sites) where no barrier membrane was used and Group B (14 patients, n = 15 sites) where an occlusive resorbable collagen membrane was used. Distance between the alveolar crestal bone and the coronal aspect of the implant was measured at time of implant placement (Group A: mean 1.9 mm, SD 1.16; Group B: mean 4.6 mm, SD 1.18) and at second stage surgery (Group A: mean 0.3 mm, SD 0.46; Group B: mean 0. 7 mm, SD 0. 7). The difference between both records (crestal bone formation) was calculated (Group A: 1.7 mm, SD 1.03; Group B: 3.9 mm, SD 1.12) and found to be statistically significant (P <0.0001). Crestal bone formation, relative to the initial bone crest-implant distance at time of implant placement was approximately 85% in both groups. In 4 sites (2 in each group), where the cover screws were exposed before second stage surgery, complete crestal bone regeneration did not occur. Use of a barrier membrane may be obviated in appropriate cases while placing implants into fresh extraction sites. This procedure offers a predictable treatment approach in achieving complete soft tissue coverage, while allowing for healing of bony defects in immediate implantation procedures.Keywords
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