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Accepted Abstracts

Effect of Using a Plastic Stent with Apically Repositioned Flap in Peri-Implant Soft Tissue Augmentation: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Ahmed Hamdy 1*,  Hala K. Abd El Gaber2 , Dalia M. Ghalwash1 and Waleed M. Abbas2

1Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, The British University in Egypt (BUE), Cairo, Egypt
2Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.


Citation: Hamdy  A, Abd El Gaber HK, Ghalwash DM, Abbas WM (2022) Effect of Using a Plastic Stent with Apically Repositioned Flap in Peri-Implant Soft Tissue Augmentation: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. SciTech Central Dentistry 2022.

Received: August 30, 2022         Accepted: September 02, 2022         Published: September 02, 2022

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to clinically assess and compare the width of peri-implant keratinized mucosa following the useof a readymade plastic stent with apically repositioned flap versus conventional apically repositioned flap with papillary sparing incisions during single-stage implant placement protocol. Materials and Methods. A total of 20 patients were enrolled in this study. In the test group, a prefabricated implant-retained stent was clipped on the healing abutment after implant surgery to reposition the keratinized tissue buccoapically. In the control group, simple interrupted sutures were applied instead of using a stent. After the surgical procedure, the width of the buccal keratinized mucosa was measured at the mesial, middle, and distal aspects of the healing abutment. &e change in the width of the buccal keratinized mucosa was assessed at 3 months and 6 months. Results. No statistically significant difference was found between the stent group and control group in 6 months’ interval where p 0.840, where both groups showed the same mean value of 4.70 ± 0.35 and 4.70 ± 0.63, respectively. &e percent of change in the width of KM was found to be higher in the stent group than in the control group with no statistical significance. Conclusion. &e use of a readymade plastic stent in combined full/partial- thickness apically repositioned flap shows to be effective in increasing the width of KM compared to the conventional technique. &is trial is registered with NCT03754894.