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Pinhole Surgical Technique for Gum Disease

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Waitlist Available
Led By Othman Shibly, DDS
Research Sponsored by State University of New York at Buffalo
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
The patients should be above 18 years old.
The presence of Miller's class I or II gingival recession on at least two matching bilateral or contralateral gingival recession defects (≥ 2 mm).
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline, 6 weeks, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months postoperative
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Study Summary

This trial will compare the efficacy of two different surgical techniques for treating gingival recession defects.

Eligible Conditions
  • Gum Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline, 6 weeks, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months postoperative
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 6 weeks, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months postoperative for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Change in (Complete root coverage determined by recession classification, percentage root coverage, and recession depth, Pain Index, Healing Index) is being assessed.
Change in Healing Index is being assessed
Change in Pain Index is being assessed
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Secondary outcome measures
Change in periodontal parameters (clinical attachment level) is being assessed
Change in periodontal parameters (gingival index) is being assessed.
Change in periodontal parameters (gingival thickness) is being assessed.
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: collagen resorbable membrane materialExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
In each participant, a tooth will be assigned to the Connective Tissue Graft (CTG) technique and another tooth to the Pinhole Surgical Technique (PST). The tooth assigned to the PST technique will receive the collagen resorbable membrane material.
Group II: Connective Tissue Graft harvest from PalateActive Control1 Intervention
In each participant, a tooth will be assigned to the Connective Tissue Graft (CTG) technique and another tooth to the Pinhole Technique. The tooth assigned to the CTG technique will receive the graft harvested from the palate.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Pinhole Surgical Technique
2018
N/A
~50

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Who is running the clinical trial?

State University of New York at BuffaloLead Sponsor
244 Previous Clinical Trials
49,414 Total Patients Enrolled
Geistlich Pharma AGIndustry Sponsor
41 Previous Clinical Trials
2,143 Total Patients Enrolled
Yahya Sayed Suliman Atassi, BDSStudy DirectorUniversity at Buffalo

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there any vacancies to participate in the current research?

"Clinicaltrials.gov has revealed that this medical investigation is not currently looking for participants, with the initial posting on January 24th 2018 and most recent revision of November 10th 2022. Nevertheless, there are presently 71 other trials actively recruiting volunteers."

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What aims are investigators striving to demonstrate with this trial?

"The primary goal of this trial, which will be monitored at intervals throughout Postoperative: baseline, 6 weeks, 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months is to assess Change in (Complete root coverage determined by recession classification percentage root coverage and recession depth Pain Index Healing Index). The secondary outcomes include shifts in Clinical attachment level (CAL) measured from CEJ or relative CEJ to the base of the periodontal sulcus; Gingival index (GI), scored on a scale from 0-3 according to Loe & Sillness; as well as Width of keratinized tissue (KTW), calculated in millimeters"

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~6 spots leftby Mar 2025